Block Busting in Bokruisk

During the destruction of Army Group Center many of Hitler's "Fortified Localities" were cut off and surrounded by the Russian advance. These moves were an almost perfect copy of the German blitzkrieg. Bokruisk was just such a city. The city …

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During the destruction of Army Group Center many of Hitler's "Fortified Localities" were cut off and surrounded by the Russian advance. These moves were an almost perfect copy of the German blitzkrieg. Bokruisk was just such a city. The city had become a fortress, with pillboxes and old tank turrets being used throughout. In covering the city from the east, a fixed system of trenches and other earthworks were in evidence, but the Russian attack came from the northern and southern flanks where the Germans were least able to cope with the threat. After successfully breaking through the fixed outer defenses, the Russian attack turned into bloody street fighting.

Bokruisk, Russia

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.

Wikipedia: Operation Bagration

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