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Title
The Highway
Description
The Moscow-Minsk highway was crucial to both sides in the summer of 44. Pushing through, the Russian armies would have a gateway to rapidly move West, trapping German forces along the way. The highway was defended by the fortified…
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-06-23
Scenario#
RB1
Scenario Description
The Moscow-Minsk highway was crucial to both sides in the summer of 44. Pushing through, the Russian armies would have a gateway to rapidly move West, trapping German forces along the way. The highway was defended by the fortified and heavily reinforced 78th Sturm (Assault) Division. The 11th Guards Army struck using groups of mine clearing tanks supported by heavier tanks and assault guns. Their orders were simple, breach the defensive belt and destroy the enemy.
Location
Dubrovno, Russia
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Bagration was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation, a military campaign fought between 23 June and 19 August 1944 in Soviet Byelorussia in the Eastern Front of World War II. The Soviet Union destroyed 28 of 34 divisions of Army Group Centre and completely shattered the German front line. It was the biggest defeat in German military history and the fifth deadliest campaign on in Europe, killing around 450,000 soldiers.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Operation Bagration
External Link
Combatants
German
Russian
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Geolocation
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