Smolensk Breakout

The Germans are thinly strung out. Isolated pockets of units would be attacked by Soviet forces trying to break an encirclement from both inside and outside. On July 22, the 2nd Rifles Company of the 111th Infantry Regiment desperately tries …

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The Germans are thinly strung out. Isolated pockets of units would be attacked by Soviet forces trying to break an encirclement from both inside and outside. On July 22, the 2nd Rifles Company of the 111th Infantry Regiment desperately tries to repulse a Soviet breakout near a critical road junction on the northern sector of the Smolensk Pocket. Soviets have surrounded the small German force, which has radioed for reinforcements from a nearby station.

Smolensk, Russia

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.

Wikipedia: Battle of Smolensk (1941)

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