What the records say
- When
- 5 Jul 1944 – 27 Jul 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.00° N, 19.00° E
- Description
- 1944 world War II military operation
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Belostok offensive
World War II military operation
The Belostok offensive was part of the third and final phase of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration. The Belostok offensive was part of the third, or 'pursuit' phase of Operation Bagration, and was commenced after the completion of the encirclement and destruction of much of Army Group Centre in the Minsk offensive.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “libération de Bialystok et de Siauliai en Biélorussie et de Lvov en Ukraine par l’Armée rouge”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Началась Белостокская операция советского 2-го Белорусского фронта против немецких войск”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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