Orsha offensive (1944)

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The Orsha offensive (1944) was a major World War II Red Army operation aimed at breaking German defenses near the Belarusian city of Orsha as part of the broader Soviet summer offensives on the Eastern Front.

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Orsha offensive (1944) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aim break German defenses near Orsha ⓘ
penetrate German Army Group Centre lines ⓘ
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
belongsToCategory 1944 in the Soviet Union ⓘ
Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Military operations of World War II involving Germany ⓘ
Military operations of World War II involving the Soviet Union ⓘ
conductedBy Soviet 1st Baltic Front ⓘ
linked to: 1st Baltic Front

Soviet 3rd Belorussian Front ⓘ
Soviet High Command ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence facilitated Soviet liberation of Minsk ⓘ
weakening of German positions in Belarus ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
date 1944 ⓘ
frontlineRole breakthrough sector in Operation Bagration ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
location Belarus ⓘ
Byelorussian SSR ⓘ
Orsha ⓘ
near Orsha ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved German infantry ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Soviet armored forces ⓘ
Soviet artillery ⓘ
Soviet infantry ⓘ
opponent Army Group Centre ⓘ
opposedBy German Army Group Centre ⓘ
linked to: Army Group Centre
partOf Belorussian strategic offensive operation ⓘ
Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
Operation Bagration ⓘ
Soviet summer offensives of 1944 ⓘ
relatedTo Minsk offensive (1944) ⓘ
Mogilev offensive ⓘ
linked to: Mogilev Offensive

Vitebsk–Orsha offensive ⓘ
result German defensive lines near Orsha broken ⓘ
Soviet advance westward in Belarus ⓘ
Soviet victory ⓘ
strategicObjective liberation of Belarusian territory from German occupation ⓘ
support encirclement and destruction of German Army Group Centre ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
typeOfOperation offensive operation ⓘ

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Soviet Western Front → engagedIn → Orsha offensive (1944) ⓘ