Battle of Smolensk

When

10 Jul 1941 – 10 Sep 1941

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

54.78° N, 32.05° E

Description

1941 battle during the second phase of Operation Barbarossa

War

World War II

Battle on the Eastern Front of World War II

The first Battle of Smolensk was a battle during the second phase of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, in World War II. It was fought around the city of Smolensk between 10 July and 10 September 1941, about 400 km (250 mi) west of Moscow. The Ostheer had advanced 500 km (310 mi) into the USSR in the 18 days after the invasion on 22 June 1941.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Smolensk breaks out”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Смоленское сражение”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “پایان کار انهدام محاصره اسمولنسک و به اسارت درآمدن ۳۴۰ هزار نفر از نیروهای ارتش سرخ”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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