Battle of Białystok–Minsk

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The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a major early World War II Eastern Front engagement in June–July 1941, during which German forces encircled and destroyed large Soviet formations in Belarus as part of Operation Barbarossa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Białystok–Minsk pocket
belligerent Germany
Soviet Union
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
date June–July 1941
encirclementOf Soviet Western Front forces
endDate 1941-07-09
followedBy Battle of Smolensk (1941)
front Eastern Front
GermanArmyGroup Army Group Centre
GermanCasualtiesEstimate tens of thousands
GermanCommander Fedor von Bock
Heinz Guderian
Hermann Hoth
GermanFormation 2nd Panzer Group
3rd Panzer Group
linked to: 3rd Panzer Army

4th Army
9th Army
location Belarus
Białystok
Minsk
Soviet Union
notableFor destruction of much of the Soviet Western Front
one of the first large encirclements of Operation Barbarossa
objective encircle Soviet forces west of Minsk
open the road to Smolensk and Moscow
operation Operation Barbarossa
outcome large Soviet forces encircled and destroyed
partOf Eastern Front of World War II
linked to: Eastern Front

Operation Barbarossa
precededBy German invasion of the Soviet Union
result German victory
SovietCasualtiesEstimate over 400000
SovietCommander Dmitry Pavlov
Ivan Boldin
Mikhail Yefremov
SovietFormation 10th Army
13th Army
3rd Army
4th Army
linked to: 6th Army
SovietFront Western Front (Red Army)
SovietPrisonersTaken about 300000
startDate 1941-06-22
theatre Belarusian theatre of operations

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Army Group Centre tookPartIn Battle of Białystok–Minsk
Battle of Białystok–Minsk alsoKnownAs Białystok–Minsk pocket
linked to: Battle of Białystok–Minsk
German Army Group Centre offensive includedOperation Battle of Białystok–Minsk
Soviet 3rd Army participatedIn Battle of Białystok–Minsk