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Title
Bridgehead Across the Drut
Description
After breaking through German lines at the beginning of Operation Bagration in June 1944, the Soviet spearheads often had to cross rivers by assault to create bridgeheads on the opposite bank.
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-06-30
Scenario#
KS02
Scenario Description
After breaking through German lines at the beginning of Operation Bagration in June 1944, the Soviet spearheads often had to cross rivers by assault to create bridgeheads on the opposite bank.
Location
Drut River, Belarus
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
Scenario Link
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Combatants
German
Russian
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Geolocation
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