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    The first Battle of Smolensk (German: Kesselschlacht bei Smolensk, lit. 'Cauldron-battle at Smolensk'; Russian: Смоленская стратегическая оборонительная...
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  • Battle of Smolensk may refer to: Battle of Smolensk (1812), during Napoleon's invasion of Russia Battle of Smolensk (1941), encirclement and capture of...
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    presence from the Smolensk and Bryansk regions. Smolensk had been under German occupation since the first Battle of Smolensk in 1941. Despite an impressive...
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    Alexander Lizyukov (category Heroes of the Soviet Union)
    corridors across the Dnieper river south of Iartsevo during the Battle of Smolensk (1941), allowing elements of the 16th Army and 20th Army to escape encirclement...
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    Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers (220 mi) west-southwest of Moscow...
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  • July 1941 Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Uman Pripyat Marshes massacres Siege of Odessa (1941) Battle of Kiev (1941) Bombing of Tallinn in World...
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  • 43rd Army (Soviet Union) (category Military units and formations established in 1941)
    Army field army of World War II that served on the Eastern Front. Formed in late July 1941, the army fought in the Battle of Smolensk (1941). It was forced...
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    The Battle of Bryansk (2–21 October 1941) was a twenty-day battle during World War II conducted in the Bryansk Oblast as a part of the overall Moscow campaign...
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  • following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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    Corps of the Soviet 22nd Army, where it was reinforced by the German 18th Motorised Division. The Front took part in the fierce Battle of Smolensk (1941),...
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    to Battle of the Philippines (1941–42). C. Peter Chen. "Invasion of the Philippines". WW2DB. Retrieved May 31, 2005. "Animated History of The Fall of the...
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    Megiddo (1918) Battle of Suomussalmi (1939-1940) Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Białystok–Minsk (1941) Battle for Velikiye Luki...
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    1943) August Battle of Belgorod. Battle of Smolensk (1943). October Battle of Lenino. 5 December: assassination of Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski, mayor of Minsk December:...
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  • 178th Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
    inspection in early 1941 it was rated as one of the best in the Siberian Military District. Its order of battle on June 22, 1941, was as follows (including...
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  • Bryansk Front (category Military units and formations established in 1941)
    Front, 21st and 3rd Army, which had avoided encirclement at the Battle of Smolensk (1941), were promised but also badly worn down. In late August along...
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    The Battle of Rostov (1941) took place on the Eastern Front of World War II around Rostov-on-Don and was fought between Army Group South of Nazi Germany...
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    break out. The battle was an unprecedented defeat for the Red Army, and was more damaging than the Battle of Białystok–Minsk of June–July 1941. The encirclement...
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  • escaping from encirclement, it was rebuilt in mid-July 1941. For its actions in the Battle of Smolensk it became the elite 7th Guards Rifle Division. The...
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    during the Second World War against the Kingdom of Iraq under Rashid Gaylani, who had seized power in the 1941 Iraqi coup d'état with assistance from Germany...
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    September 8, 1941) was a military operation by the Soviet Army during the Battle of Smolensk during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet...
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  • 16th Army (Soviet Union) (category Field armies of the Soviet Union)
    August 1941 after encirclement (the Battle of Smolensk (1941)) just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. [citation needed] As part of a restructuring...
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    The Battle of Borneo was a successful campaign by Japanese Imperial forces for control of Borneo island and concentrated mainly on the subjugation of the...
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  • Ivan Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (category 1941 deaths)
    which included many personnel of the Border Troops. Gorbachyov led the division during the Battle of Smolensk and died of wounds received in a counterattack...
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    Wilhelm Fahrmbacher (category Commander's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (military))
    Białystok–Minsk, Battle of Smolensk (1941), Battle of Vyazma, Battle of Moscow and Battle of Gshatsk. On 1 May 1942, Fahrmbacher assumed command of XXV Corps manning...
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  • simulates battles at the brigade level during the American Civil War. RSS/LoB – The Regimental Sub-System Series / Line of Battle simulates battles at the...
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    Army and enabled the three-year-long German occupation of Crimea. Beginning on 26 September 1941, the German 11th Army and the Romanian Third Army and...
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    Fedor von Bock (category Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (military))
    cities of Minsk and Smolensk, and destroy the Soviet armies stationed there in encirclement battles.[citation needed] At 03:15 on 22 June 1941, the first...
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  • Friederike Juliane of Salm-Horstmar, daughter of Otto II, Prince of Salm-Horstmar (1867-1941) and Countess Rosa of Solms-Baruth (1884-1945). They had five children:...
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    Paul Reichelt (category Military personnel of the Kingdom of Saxony)
    Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in...
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    part of Russia's Time of Troubles. The battle occurred near the village of Klushino (Polish: Kłuszyn) near Smolensk (Polish: Smoleńsk). In the battle the...
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