• 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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    The second Smolensk operation (7 August – 2 October 1943) was a Soviet strategic offensive operation conducted by the Red Army as part of the Summer-Autumn...
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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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    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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    assault force in the Battle of Smolensk (1943). On 1 August 1943, the 70th Rifle Corps was listed on the Soviet order of battle, as a headquarters with...
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  • Kutuzov Battle of Smolensk (1943) Battle of Lenino Fourth Battle of Kharkov Battle of Belgorod Białystok Ghetto Uprising: August 1943 Battle of the Dnieper:...
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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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  • 43rd Army (Soviet Union) (category Field armies of the Soviet Union)
    to the Demidov area in late 1942. It fought in the Battle of Smolensk (1943). During the summer of 1944, the army fought in Operation Bagration. In the...
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  • in depth July 30: Battle of the Mius August: Battle of Belgorod August: Fourth Battle of Kharkov Battle of Smolensk (1943) – Smolensk retaken by a large...
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  • XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
    quiet Front sector around Oryol. In 1943, the Corps had to withdraw during Operation Kutuzov and the Battle of Smolensk and ended up in the area around Zhlobin...
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    Panther–Wotan line (category Military installations of the Wehrmacht)
    be held.[citation needed] Battle of Smolensk (1943) Tunstall, Brian; Jacobsen, J. A.; Rohwer, J. (1966). "Decisive Battles of World War II: The German...
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    Wehrmacht, which took place between 3 November and 22 December 1943. Following the Battle of Kursk, the Red Army launched the Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive...
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  • of the Smolensk offensives, the seriously weakened front became trapped in an enormous encirclement in the lead-up to the Battle of Moscow. "Most of the...
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    (August 1943) August Battle of Belgorod. Battle of Smolensk (1943). October Battle of Lenino. 5 December: assassination of Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski, mayor of Minsk...
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    1942 and 31 March 1943, on the Eastern Front of World War II. The battles took place in the northeast of Smolensk Oblast and the south of Tver Oblast, in...
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  • 68th Army (Soviet Union) (category Military units and formations established in 1943)
    Offensive (1943), part of Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda. After spending several months in reserve, the army fought in the Battle of Smolensk (1943) between...
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    garrisons and three factories were attacked. Its battle honours included Bryansk, Orel, Yelnya and Smolensk (1943); Orsha, Berezina and Niemen (1944), and Insterburg...
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  • XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
    10 September 1942 – 14 February 1943 Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erwin Vierow, 14 February – 10 March 1943 Artillery General (General der...
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  • Years' War Battle of Sluys – 1340 – Hundred Years' War Battle of Smolensk1943 – World War II Battle of Solferino – 1859 – Second Italian War of Independence...
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    Field artillery (category Military history of the Ming dynasty)
    Summit Battle of Remagen Second Battle of Donetsk Airport Operation Magistral Operation Cobra Battle of Smolensk (1943) Baltic Offensive Siege of Basra...
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  • Friedrich Blümke (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
    Shield Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 October 1943) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 November 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 347...
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    the summer of 1943; the Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare, including being the largest tank battle in history and...
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  • Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers. They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare...
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  • Mariya Oktyabrskaya (category Recipients of the Order of Lenin)
    changed when Oktyabrskaya began fighting in Smolensk. She fought in her first tank battle on 21 October 1943. Oktyabrskaya maneuvered her tank in intense...
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  • 247th Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
    Stalingrad, pp. 291, 294-95 Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, 1943, p. 83 Robert Forczyk, Smolensk 1943: The Red Army's Relentless Advance, Osprey Publishing...
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  • 33rd Army (Soviet Union) (category Field armies of the Soviet Union)
    Meretskov took command in May and June 1942. At the Battle of Smolensk (1943), after a day of probing, the goal of which was to determine whether German troops...
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  • 12th Military Transport Aviation Division (category Aviation divisions of the Russian Air Forces)
    1943 it was subordinate of the 7th Aviation Corps Long Range. It received its name for the successful accomplishment of combat missions in the battle...
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  • labour camp for Jewish men established by the Germans. 1943 August–October: Battle of Smolensk (1943). 25 September: Forced labour camps for Zivilarbeiters...
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  • XXVII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
    autumn of 1943 the Corps, now assigned to Fourth Army, took part in the defence against the Soviet offensive Operation Suvorov around Smolensk. By the...
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  • period of inactivity in this area, allowed the Wehrmacht to build formidable defensive positions. After their defeat in the Battle of Smolensk, the Wehrmacht...
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