Orsha offensives

When

12 Oct 1943 – 19 Nov 1943

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

54.50° N, 30.42° E

Series of battles fought in Belarus between the Red Army and the Wehrmacht in 1943

The Orsha offensives were a series of battles fought in Belarus between the Red Army and the Wehrmacht during the autumn of 1943, and into the following winter. Orsha was a main road junction with the north–south route from Leningrad to Kiev and the east–west route from Minsk to Moscow.

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