Battle of Raseiniai

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The Battle of Raseiniai was a major early World War II tank engagement in June 1941 between German and Soviet forces in Lithuania, notable for dramatic clashes between German armor and heavily armored Soviet KV tanks.

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Battle of Raseiniai canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
tank battle ⓘ
casualties heavy Soviet tank losses ⓘ
significant German tank losses ⓘ
conflictOf World War II ⓘ
countryAtTime Soviet Union ⓘ
dateContext early phase of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
endDate 1941-06-27 ⓘ
followedBy German advance toward Daugavpils ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
germanArmyGroup Army Group North ⓘ
germanCommander Erich Hoepner ⓘ
Georg-Hans Reinhardt ⓘ
germanObjective break through Soviet armored forces in Lithuania ⓘ
historicalSignificance early demonstration of effectiveness of 88 mm guns against heavy tanks ⓘ
illustrated superiority of German operational doctrine despite Soviet heavy armor ⓘ
involvedBelligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
involvedEquipment German 88 mm FlaK gun ⓘ
linked to: 88 mm Flak gun

KV-1 tank ⓘ
linked to: KV-1 heavy tank

KV-2 tank ⓘ
linked to: KV-2 heavy tank

Panzer III ⓘ
Panzer IV ⓘ
linked to: Panzer IV tanks
involvedUnit German 1st Panzer Division ⓘ
linked to: 1st Panzer Division

German 4th Panzer Group ⓘ
German 6th Panzer Division ⓘ
linked to: 6th Panzer Division

German XLI Panzer Corps ⓘ
Soviet 12th Mechanized Corps ⓘ
Soviet 2nd Tank Division ⓘ
Soviet 3rd Mechanized Corps ⓘ
Soviet 5th Tank Division ⓘ
notableFor heavy fighting between German armor and Soviet KV tanks ⓘ
single KV tank delaying German advance ⓘ
partOf German invasion of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
place Lithuania ⓘ
near Raseiniai ⓘ
precededBy initial German border battles in Lithuania ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
Soviet tactical defeat ⓘ
sovietCommander Aleksei Kurkin ⓘ
sovietFormation Northwestern Front ⓘ
sovietObjective counterattack German panzer spearheads ⓘ
startDate 1941-06-23 ⓘ
strategicEffect contributed to collapse of Soviet Northwestern Front defenses ⓘ
facilitated German advance toward Leningrad ⓘ
theater Baltic theater of World War II ⓘ

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KV-1 → usedInBattle → Battle of Raseiniai ⓘ
subject linked to: KV-1 heavy tank