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First, German troops were definitively driven back from the Moscow approaches. This strategic threat, which had been the Stavka's biggest source of worry since 1941, was finally removed. Second, German defense rings, on which German troops planned to rely, were almost completely overrun. Quite a few remained, but it was obvious that they would not last. An essay written after the war by several
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1686:. The artillery bombardment as well as ground attack aircraft significantly damaged the Wehrmacht lines, allowing the Red Army to execute a breakthrough on a 25 km (16 mi) front and advance 6â8 km (3.7â5.0 mi) by the end of the day. The following day, 29 August, Red Army rifle divisions advanced further, creating a salient 30 km (19 mi) wide and 12â15 km (7.5â9.3 mi) deep.
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rivers. The
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and push the southern part of the front towards the west. In order to weaken the German defenses even further, however, the
Smolensk operation was staged simultaneously, in a move that would also draw German reserves north, thereby weakening the German defense on the southern part of the front. Both
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The front had been more or less stable for four to five months (and up to 18 months in several places) before the battle, and possessed geographical features favorable for a strong defensive setup. Thus, German forces had time to build extensive defensive positions, numbering as many as five or six
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For the Soviet troops, the offensive was further complicated by a lack of transport in the area in which the offensive was to be staged. The road network was not well developed and paved roads were rare. After rainfall, which was quite common during the
Russian summer, most of them were turned into
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Although the vigorous actions of their command and troops allowed the
Germans to create a continuous front, there was no doubt that the poor condition of the troops, the complete lack of reserves, and the unavoidable lengthening of individual units' lines concealed the danger that the next major
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By 6 September, the offensive slowed almost to a halt on the entire front, with Soviet troops advancing only 2 km (1.2 mi) each day. On the right flank, heavy fighting broke out in the woods near
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Smolensk operation was also important for its effect on the Battle of the Dnieper. It has been estimated that as many as 55 German divisions were committed to counter the Smolensk operation â divisions which would have been critical to
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The attack resumed the following day with another attempt at a simultaneous breakthrough taking place further north, towards
Yartzevo. Both attacks were stopped by heavy German resistance. In the following five days, Soviet troops slowly made their way through German defenses, repelling heavy
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The second defense zone, located about 10 km (6.2 mi) behind the outer defense zone and covering the most important directions, was composed of a set of firing points connected with trenches. It was protected with barbed wire, and also with minefields in some places where heavy tank
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was thrown into the battle. In one day, its troops advanced 30 km (19 mi) and reached the outskirts of Yelnya. Leaving the
Germans no time to regroup, Red Army troops attacked the city and started to form an encirclement. On 30 August, Wehrmacht units were forced to abandon Yelnya,
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The territory on which the offensive was to be staged was a slightly hilly plain covered with ravines and possessing significant areas of swamps and forests that restricted military movement. Its most important hills reached heights over 270 m (890 ft), allowing for improved
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The first (tactical or outer) defensive zone included the first (main) and the second defense lines, for a total depth of 12â15 km (7.5â9.3 mi), and located, whenever possible, on elevated ground. The main defense line, 5 km (3.1 mi) deep, possessed three sets of
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Despite violent Soviet attacks, it quickly became obvious that the three armies would not be able to get through the German lines. Soviet commanders decided therefore to commit the 68th Army, heretofore kept in reserve, to battle. On the German side, three additional divisions
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After a day of probing, the goal of which was to determine whether German troops would choose to withdraw or not from the first set of trenches, the offensive started on 7 August 1943 at 06:30 (with a preliminary bombardment starting at 04:40) with a breakthrough towards
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recalled, "we literally had to tear ourselves through German lines, one by one". On the first day, the Soviet troops advanced only 4 km (2.5 mi), with all available troops (including artillery, communications, and engineers) committed to battle.
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that lasted all night, Soviet troops completed the liberation of Smolensk. The same day another important city, Roslavl, was recaptured. By 30 September, the Soviet offensive force were tired and depleted, and became bogged down outside
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The attack quickly encountered heavy opposition and stalled. German troops attempted numerous counterattacks from their well-prepared defense positions, supported by tanks, assault guns, and the fire of heavy guns and mortars. As
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Finally, deep behind the front line, three or four more defense lines were located, whenever possible, on the western shore of a river. For instance, important defense lines were set up on the western side of the Dnieper and
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After the Smolensk offensive, the central part of the Soviet-German front stabilized again for many months until late June 1944, while the major fighting shifted to the south for the Dnieper line and the territory of
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On the front... held by the Army Group Center many signs show a continuous preparation to a yet limited offensive (Roslavl, Smolensk, Vitebsk) and of a maneuver of immobilization of the Army Group Center...
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Several Red Army rifle divisions were insufficiently prepared to perform an assault of a multi-lined defense setup. This was especially true for reserve divisions, whose training was not always properly
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This plan was enormous both in regard of its daring and of forces committed to it, was executed through several operations: the Smolensk operation, ...the Donbass , the left-bank Ukraine operation...
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in the south. In the course of the operation, the Red Army also definitively drove back German forces from the Smolensk land bridge, historically the most important approach for a western attack on
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started almost a week later, on 13 August. As on other parts of the front, the 39th Army and the 43rd Army encountered serious opposition. During the first day alone, Wehrmacht troops attempted 24
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with some impunity. The corps sustained heavy losses and had to pull away from combat. Soviet troops eventually advanced a further 25 km (16 mi) as of 13 August, liberating Spas-Demensk.
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Soviet troops managed to advance only 6â7 km (3.7â4.3 mi) over the next five days and, although they inflicted heavy casualties on Wehrmacht troops, their own losses were also heavy.
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In the week from 7â14 September, Soviet troops were once again reinforced and were preparing for another offensive. The next objectives set by the Stavka were the major cities of Smolensk,
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and firing points, linked by an extensive communication network. The density of firing points reached six or seven per kilometer (0.6 mi) of front line. In some places, where heavy
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in summer 1944 allowed the Red Army to clear almost all the remaining territory of the USSR of Wehrmacht troops, ending German occupation and shifting the war into Poland and Germany.
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sustaining heavy casualties. This commenced a full-scale retreat by Wehrmacht troops from the area and by 3 September, Soviet forces had reached the eastern shore of the Dniepr.
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reported "We have to deal both with forests and swamps and with increasing resistance of enemy troops reinforced by divisions arriving from Bryansk region" while Marshal
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and sustaining heavy losses. By feeding reserve troops to battle, the Red Army managed to advance to a depth varying from 15â25 km (9.3â15.5 mi) by 11 August.
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In this situation, the former attack axis, directed southwest towards Roslavl and Bryansk, became useless. The Stavka decided instead to shift the attack axis west to
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was also created in order to slow down a Soviet advance should the Red Army break through the outer defense zone. Behind the second zone, heavy guns were positioned.
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was determined to pursue the liberation of occupied territories from German control, a course of action that had its first major success at the end of 1942 with
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much easier. The Stavka planned to resume the offensive on 21 August, but decided to postpone it slightly to give Soviet units time to resupply and reinforce.
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was far from perfect. There were unexpected pauses during the attack and a strong will of some regiments to "hide" from the attack and expose another regiment.
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units. In the areas liberated during the Smolensk operation (occupied for almost two years), almost all industry and agriculture was gone. In Smolensk
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was considered the "key" to Smolensk and Wehrmacht troops created a massive fortified defensive position around the city. Swampy areas on the
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forces of the 6th Guards Cavalry Corps had no further effect and resulted in heavy casualties because of strong German defenses, leading to a
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operations were a part of the same strategic offensive plan, aiming to recover as much Soviet territory from German control as possible.
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to break through Wehrmacht lines. Moreover, numerous counterattacks and an abundance of minefields slowed the infantry's progress.
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itself, almost 80% of urban and 50% of rural living space had been destroyed, along with numerous factories and plants.
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and committed to battle in order to exploit the breakthrough, failed in its mission, mainly because a poorly organized
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offensives were anticipated. Between the outer and the second defense zones, a set of small firing points and
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for German troops. By far the most important railroads for German troops were the Smolensk-
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For instance, at the end of July 1943, a German staff briefing stated:
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Recapture of the city by the Soviet 39th, 43rd and 10th Guards armies
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axis, linking German western troops with troops concentrated around
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to Dubrovka and around Bryansk, forcing German forces to withdraw.
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1399:(Russian: ХпаŃ-ĐĐ”ĐŒĐ”ĐœŃĐșĐ°Ń ĐœĐ°ŃŃŃпаŃДлŃĐœĐ°Ń ĐŸĐżĐ”ŃĐ°ŃĐžŃ) in the region of
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1112:, one of the largest railroad sabotage operations of World War II.
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regions. Smolensk had been under German occupation since the first
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World War II aerial operations and battles of the Eastern Front
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2166:; John Erickson, writing in the early 1980s, refers to the 5th
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890:
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Istomin, V.P. (collective work, part written by V.P. Istomin)
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were exceptionally well prepared (firing points reinforced by
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1101:
1093:
1058:
976:. The Battle of the Dnieper was to achieve the liberation of
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Corps being badly mauled both from the air and the ground.
1876:) occurred in the same general area on 12â13 October 1943.
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and conducted an assault river crossing, creating several
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was shifted south, and two "new" armies executed a single-
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command knew about the operation and was prepared for it.
1482:
1736:
1582:(Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev; 3â23 August) and the
2396:(collection of essays), Moscow, Ed. Foreign Lit., 1957.
2294:
Voenno-istoricheskiy zhurnal (Military history journal)
1914:
1682:
Soviet troops moved forward after an intense 90-minute
1318:
General layout of the Smolensk region during the battle
3194:
Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
901:
The strategic operations included smaller operations:
1327:. Three armies were committed to this offensive: the
1196:. The Kalinin Front would have for the operation the
1152:
The Western Front had assigned for the operation the
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were attacked by the partisans during the conduct of
924:
Dukhovshchina-Demidov Offensive Operation (2nd Stage)
912:
Dukhovshchina-Demidov Offensive Operation (1st Stage)
858:. Its goal was to clear the German presence from the
2401:
When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
1655:
The offensive finally commenced on 28 August by the
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with a steep western side integrating artillery and
2214:
G.K. Zhukov, Memoirs, Moscow, Ed. APN, 1971, p. 485
1633:
Red Army soldiers raising the Soviet flag in Yelnya
1559:and committed to support the attack near Smolensk.
988:(Chief of the General Staff in 1943) wrote in his
2047:, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2019, Kindle ed.
1749:. The operation resumed on 14 September with the
223:: 3,394 killed, 12,688 wounded and 1,901 missing
5825:
2403:, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas,
2045:Smolensk 1943: The Red Army's Relentless Advance
1590:, and continuing with the Wehrmacht's defensive
216:: 8,825 killed, 35,237 wounded and 4,127 missing
5849:Battles and operations of the SovietâGerman War
2399:Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (1995),
2370:, Moscow, Ed. Foreign Lit., 1957, pp. 216â217.
237:(including 107,645 killed, missing or captured
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260:
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1966:
1964:
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1104:. As part of the Soviet planning the German
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1830:. The Kalinin Front was ordered to capture
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209:: 765 killed, 3,386 wounded and 270 missing
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2541:
2368:World war 1939â1945 (collection of essays)
1689:In order to exploit the breakthrough, the
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1120:
267:
253:
54:
5854:Battles of World War II involving Germany
2415:History of Great Patriotic War, 1941â1945
2203:History of Great Patriotic War, 1941â1945
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1961:
1602:, withdrawing several divisions from the
1440:Dukhovshchina-Demidov Offensive Operation
1406:The 5th Mechanized Corps, relocated from
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896:
110:
2113:, Moscow, Lib. Milit. Ed., 1963, pp. 382
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2063:
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1982:
1980:
1942:which had lasted for 900 days. Finally,
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1386:
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885:prevent Soviet troops from crossing the
14:
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4402:
4380:Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union
2452:, Lib. Military History, Moscow, 2002.
1574:Second stage (21 August â 6 September)
1371:Subsequent attacks by the armored and
5251:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
4683:Japanese invasion of French Indochina
4329:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union
4285:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union
3390:Rape during the occupation of Germany
2536:
2497:(collection of essays), Moscow, 1998.
1977:
1737:Third stage (7 September â 2 October)
1639:Yelnya-Dorogobuzh Offensive Operation
1580:Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation
918:Yelnia-Dorogobuzh Offensive Operation
248:
4373:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union
3405:Rape during the liberation of France
2490:, Moscow, Ed. APN, 1971, p. 485
1751:Smolensk-Roslavl Offensive Operation
1713:Therefore, the boundary between the
1309:
942:
930:Smolensk-Roslavl Offensive Operation
235:451,466 overall (~350,000 in combat)
201:: 70,593 killed, missing or wounded
2308:Voenno-istoricheskiy zhurnal, p. 32
2257:, Moscow, Science, 1969, pp. 51â55.
2126:, Moscow, Politizdat, 1988, p. 218.
2060:, Moscow, Politizdat, 1973, p. 327.
1697:
1624:
1543:With all these factors considered,
229:200,000 â 250,000 combat casualties
24:
5859:Battles involving the Soviet Union
4599:German invasion of the Netherlands
2879:Weather events during World War II
2436:Smolensk offensive operation, 1943
2431:, tome 2, Voenizdat, Moscow, 1958.
2076:, Moscow, Mil. Lib., 1975, page 15
2074:Smolensk offensive operation, 1943
1974:, Moscow, 1973â1979, tome 7, p.241
1753:, involving the left flank of the
1219:
1149:fronts would be quite difficult.
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25:
5890:
5230:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
972:, which led to the liberation of
274:
5790:
2562:
2476:, Moscow, Lib. Milit. Ed., 1963.
1397:Spas-Demensk Offensive Operation
1331:, the 10th Guards Army, and the
906:Spas-Demensk Offensive Operation
343:Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
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112:
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1614:south of Smolensk and Bryansk.
221:(20 August â 30 September 1943)
214:(10 August â 30 September 1943)
207:(10 August â 30 September 1943)
5477:Vietnamese famine of 1944â1945
3187:Territorial changes of Germany
3095:Indonesian National Revolution
2050:
2037:
2015:
1989:
60:Map of the Smolensk operation.
13:
1:
4877:Japanese invasion of Thailand
4828:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
4592:German invasion of Luxembourg
2973:Mediterranean and Middle East
2495:Great Patriotic War 1941â1945
2205:, Moscow, 1963, t. 3, p. 361.
2174:, Road to Berlin, 1982, p.130
2023:Great Patriotic War 1941â1945
1949:
1794:As the result, the Wehrmacht
1772:, another "key" to Smolensk.
932:(15 September-2 October 1943)
926:(14 September-2 October 1943)
5879:Military history of Smolensk
4784:Invasion of the Soviet Union
4473:Occupation of Czechoslovakia
3791:Independent State of Croatia
2424:, Moscow, 1973â1979, tome 7.
1879:
1000:
984:Thirty years later, Marshal
920:(28 August-6 September 1943)
7:
5768:End of World War II in Asia
5608:Western invasion of Germany
5115:Chinese famine of 1942â1943
5092:Second Battle of El Alamein
4662:Hundred Regiments Offensive
4634:Battle of the Mediterranean
4487:Italian invasion of Albania
2661:Air warfare of World War II
2466:, Moscow, Politizdat, 1973.
2464:The matter of my whole life
2457:History of Second World War
2445:, Moscow, Politizdat, 1988.
2422:History of Second World War
2340:, Moscow, 1957, pp. 320â321
2338:History of Second World War
2058:The matter of my whole life
1972:History of Second World War
1047:mud (a phenomenon known as
936:Bryansk Offensive Operation
10:
5895:
5694:Naval bombardment of Japan
5062:First Battle of El Alamein
4981:Battle of Christmas Island
4926:Japanese invasion of Burma
4690:Italian invasion of Greece
4606:German invasion of Belgium
4578:German invasion of Denmark
4551:1939â1940 Winter Offensive
4420:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
2684:Comparative military ranks
2438:, Moscow, Mil. Lib., 1975.
1414:defense enabled Luftwaffe
946:
938:(17 August-3 October 1943)
5783:
5615:BratislavaâBrno offensive
5555:
5546:Dutch famine of 1944â1945
5283:
5170:Allied invasion of Sicily
5124:
5030:Aleutian Islands campaign
5002:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
4949:
4940:Greek famine of 1941â1944
4835:Second Battle of Changsha
4740:German invasion of Greece
4708:
4585:Battle of ZaoyangâYichang
4560:
4498:
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2927:North and Central Pacific
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2643:
2570:
2493:Zolotarev, V.A. and al.,
2349:V.P. Istomin, pp. 134â136
2318:V.P. Istomin, pp. 122â123
2172:John Erickson (historian)
2056:Marshal A.M. Vasilevsky,
2034:Istomin (1975), pp. 20â21
1938:, completely lifting the
1608:Kursk Defensive Operation
1305:First stage (7â20 August)
284:
239:343,821 wounded and sick)
186:
161:
140:
104:
72:7 August â 2 October 1943
64:
53:
41:
37:Second Battle of Smolensk
36:
5834:1943 in the Soviet Union
5207:Allied invasion of Italy
5184:Solomon Islands campaign
4933:Third Battle of Changsha
4530:First Battle of Changsha
4436:Second Sino-Japanese War
3376:German military brothels
3242:United States war crimes
2483:, Moscow, Science, 1969.
2253:Marshal A.I. Yeremenko,
2021:V.A. Zolotarev and al.,
1954:
1806:, Chief of Staff of the
1584:Orel Offensive Operation
1555:be transferred from the
1522:The interaction between
1194:6th Guards Cavalry Corps
1042:Transport infrastructure
194:German medical data only
5629:Second Guangxi campaign
5484:Philippines (1944â1945)
4988:Battle of the Coral Sea
4891:Fall of the Philippines
4537:Battle of South Guangxi
4443:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
3849:Italian Social Republic
2420:Grechko, A.A. and al.,
2413:Grechko, A.A. and al.,
2135:V.P. Istomin, pp. 81â82
1896:Lower Dnieper Offensive
1715:First Belorussian Front
1461:Causes of the stalemate
1426:Dukhovshchina offensive
1121:Soviet offensive sector
1106:railroad communications
840:Lower Dnieper Offensive
5214:Armistice of Cassibile
5016:Battle of Dutch Harbor
4967:Battle of the Java Sea
4870:Attack on Pearl Harbor
4770:SyriaâLebanon campaign
4763:Battle of South Shanxi
4733:Invasion of Yugoslavia
4516:Battle of the Atlantic
4130:Korean Liberation Army
3843:(until September 1943)
3800:(until September 1944)
3778:(until September 1944)
2201:A.A. Grechko and al.,
2192:V.P. Istomin, p. 94â95
2183:V.P. Istomin, p. 92â94
2153:V.P. Istomin, p. 84â88
2109:Marshal N.N. Voronov,
2025:, Moskva, 1998, p 473.
1970:A.A. Grechko and al.,
1892:
1842:
1816:
1791:on its western shore.
1667:), supported by three
1634:
1392:
1383:Spas-Demensk offensive
1358:56th Infantry Division
1354:36th Infantry Division
1341:Konstantin Rokossovsky
1319:
1238:
1130:
998:
897:Constituent operations
141:Commanders and leaders
5869:September 1943 events
5378:Second Battle of Guam
5274:Bengal famine of 1943
5244:Second Battle of Kiev
5200:Battle of the Dnieper
4905:Battle of Wake Island
4777:East African campaign
4719:Battle of South Henan
4364:atrocities by Germans
4137:Korean Volunteer Army
3118:Occupation of Germany
2872:Music in World War II
1986:Glantz (1995), p. 297
1887:
1840:
1812:
1804:Kurt von Tippelskirch
1691:2nd Guards Tank Corps
1632:
1592:Battle of the Dnieper
1390:
1317:
1233:
1186:2nd Guards Tank Corps
1128:
994:
187:Casualties and losses
5664:Surrender of Germany
5142:Battle of West Hubei
5099:Guadalcanal campaign
5069:Battle of Stalingrad
4995:Battle of Madagascar
3769:Albania protectorate
3556:(formerly Swaziland)
3265:Wehrmacht war crimes
3081:Expulsion of Germans
2865:Art and World War II
2763:British contribution
2712:Governments in exile
2481:Years of retribution
2455:Tippelskirch, Kurt.
2379:V.P. Istomin, p. 163
2327:V.P. Istomin, p. 131
2275:V.P. Istomin, p. 105
2266:V.P. Istomin, p. 104
2255:Years of retribution
2232:V.P. Istomin, p. 101
2223:Voronov, pp. 387â388
1436:Armed Forces Command
1269:and a solid wall of
1190:5th Mechanised Corps
986:Aleksandr Vasilevsky
964:On the Soviet side,
5874:October 1943 events
5754:Potsdam Declaration
5643:Italy (Spring 1945)
5406:Liberation of Paris
4863:Siege of Sevastopol
3881:(until August 1944)
3784:Wang Jingwei regime
3606:from September 1943
3566:from September 1944
3504:from September 1944
3364:Romanian war crimes
3355:Persecution of Jews
3341:Croatian war crimes
3311:Japanese war crimes
3125:Occupation of Japan
3074:First Indochina War
2786:Military production
2698:Declarations of war
2515: /
2394:World war 1939â1945
2336:Kurt Tippelskirch,
2284:V.P.Istomin, p.110.
2164:Tank Corps (Soviet)
2100:V.P. Istomin, p. 12
2088:V.P. Istomin, p. 16
1944:Operation Bagration
1834:before 10 October.
1553:8th Artillery Corps
1350:2nd Panzer Division
914:(13â18 August 1943)
550:OstrogozhskâRossosh
451:BarvenkovoâLozovaya
5864:August 1943 events
5747:Surrender of Japan
5580:Battle of Iwo Jima
5429:Belgrade offensive
4842:Siege of Leningrad
4726:Battle of Shanggao
4655:British Somaliland
4620:Dunkirk evacuation
4571:Norwegian campaign
4509:Invasion of Poland
4336:Japanese prisoners
3304:Italian war crimes
3235:British war crimes
3150:Soviet occupations
2934:South-West Pacific
2821:Allied cooperation
2779:Military equipment
2358:V.P. Istomin, p. 5
2296:, 1969, #10, p. 31
2144:V.P. Istomin, p.84
1843:
1635:
1547:demanded that the
1430:As ordered by the
1393:
1320:
1131:
953:By the end of the
949:PantherâWotan line
908:(7â20 August 1943)
868:Battle of Smolensk
826:Smolensk operation
745:Western Carpathian
685:2nd JassyâKishinev
655:1st JassyâKishinev
640:LeningradâNovgorod
635:DnieperâCarpathian
18:Smolensk Operation
5839:Conflicts in 1943
5821:
5820:
5779:
5778:
5622:Battle of Okinawa
5521:Burma (1944â1945)
5355:Mariana and Palau
5135:Tunisian campaign
4960:Fall of Singapore
4884:Fall of Hong Kong
4627:Battle of Britain
4480:Operation Himmler
4389:
4388:
4053:Dutch East Indies
3696:Southern Rhodesia
3448:
3447:
3348:Genocide of Serbs
3251:German war crimes
3228:Soviet war crimes
3221:Allied war crimes
3067:Division of Korea
3046:Chinese Civil War
2844:Strategic bombing
2756:Manhattan Project
2519:54.783°N 32.050°E
2462:Vasilevsky, A.M.
2448:Shefov, Nikolai.
1684:artillery barrage
1310:Main breakthrough
1226:Army Group Center
1110:Operation Concert
943:Strategic context
854:, commanding the
852:Vasily Sokolovsky
846:, commanding the
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156:Vasily Sokolovsky
147:GĂŒnther von Kluge
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2479:Yeremenko, A.I.
2474:On military duty
2441:Rokossovsky, K.
2380:
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2122:K. Rokossovsky,
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2111:On military duty
2107:
2101:
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2077:
2070:
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2054:
2048:
2043:Robert Forczyk,
2041:
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2019:
2013:
2012:
2010:
2008:
1999:. Archived from
1993:
1987:
1984:
1975:
1968:
1904:Army Group South
1874:Byelorussian SSR
1870:Battle of Lenino
1698:Bryansk maneuver
1657:10th Guards Army
1625:Yelnya offensive
1154:10th Guards Army
970:Operation Uranus
844:Andrei Yeremenko
711:PetsamoâKirkenes
589:Belgorod-Kharkov
555:VoronezhâKharkov
279:
269:
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152:Andrei Yeremenko
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5708:Atomic bombings
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5404:
5399:Eastern Romania
5397:
5392:Warsaw Uprising
5390:
5385:Tannenberg Line
5383:
5376:
5371:Western Ukraine
5369:
5360:
5353:
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4756:Anglo-Iraqi War
4754:
4747:Battle of Crete
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4237:Western Ukraine
4235:
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4181:Northeast China
4179:
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3370:Sexual violence
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2772:Military awards
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1994:
1990:
1985:
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1962:
1957:
1952:
1882:
1847:street fighting
1808:German 4th Army
1739:
1723:pincer movement
1700:
1627:
1588:Battle of Kursk
1576:
1475:Nikolai Voronov
1463:
1428:
1420:Valentine tanks
1385:
1312:
1307:
1243:defensive lines
1222:
1220:German defenses
1123:
1118:
1116:Opposing forces
1044:
1003:
955:Battle of Kursk
951:
945:
899:
822:
821:
820:
815:
809:Prague uprising
792:BratislavaâBrno
782:MoraviaâOstrava
672:LvovâSandomierz
500:RzhevâSychyovka
328:BiaĆystokâMinsk
280:
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5149:Battle of Attu
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4894:
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4821:Battle of Kiev
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3717:United Kingdom
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2472:Voronov, N.N.
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2450:Russian fights
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2443:Soldier's duty
2439:
2434:Istomin, V.P.
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1900:Pripet marshes
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272:
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264:
257:
249:
241:
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230:
225:
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217:
210:
189:
188:
184:
183:
182:1,100 aircraft
174:
164:
163:
159:
158:
149:
143:
142:
138:
137:
123:
107:
106:
102:
101:
98:
97:
96:Soviet victory
94:
90:
89:
80:
78:
74:
73:
70:
62:
61:
51:
50:
39:
38:
32:
31:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
5891:
5880:
5877:
5875:
5872:
5870:
5867:
5865:
5862:
5860:
5857:
5855:
5852:
5850:
5847:
5845:
5842:
5840:
5837:
5835:
5832:
5831:
5829:
5813:
5809:
5806:
5802:
5799:
5798:
5793:
5786:
5785:
5782:
5769:
5765:
5762:
5758:
5755:
5751:
5750:
5748:
5744:
5739:
5735:
5734:
5732:
5731:Kuril Islands
5728:
5725:
5721:
5716:
5712:
5711:
5709:
5705:
5702:
5698:
5695:
5691:
5688:
5684:
5681:
5677:
5672:
5668:
5667:
5665:
5661:
5658:
5654:
5651:
5647:
5644:
5640:
5637:
5633:
5630:
5626:
5623:
5619:
5616:
5612:
5609:
5605:
5602:
5598:
5595:
5591:
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5581:
5577:
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5570:
5567:
5563:
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5547:
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5537:
5532:
5531:
5529:
5525:
5522:
5518:
5513:
5509:
5508:
5506:
5502:
5499:
5498:Syrmian Front
5495:
5492:
5488:
5485:
5481:
5478:
5474:
5471:
5470:
5465:
5462:
5461:
5456:
5453:
5449:
5446:
5445:
5444:Market Garden
5440:
5437:
5433:
5430:
5426:
5423:
5419:
5416:
5415:
5410:
5407:
5403:
5400:
5396:
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5389:
5386:
5382:
5379:
5375:
5372:
5368:
5365:
5364:
5359:
5356:
5352:
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5340:
5339:
5334:
5331:
5330:
5325:
5322:
5318:
5315:
5311:
5308:
5304:
5303:Monte Cassino
5300:
5297:
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5291:
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5275:
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5266:
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4909:
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4707:
4700:
4699:
4694:
4691:
4687:
4684:
4680:
4677:
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4670:
4669:Baltic states
4666:
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4349:
4344:
4340:
4339:
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4333:
4330:
4326:
4321:
4317:
4314:
4313:United States
4310:
4305:
4301:
4300:
4298:
4294:
4293:
4289:
4286:
4282:
4281:
4279:
4277:
4273:
4266:
4262:
4257:
4253:
4250:
4249:Quá»c dĂąn ÄáșŁng
4246:
4245:
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4234:
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4227:
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4110:
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4008:
4007:
4005:
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3999:
3992:
3988:
3985:
3981:
3978:
3974:
3971:
3967:
3964:
3960:
3957:
3953:
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3949:Liechtenstein
3946:
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3929:
3925:
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3770:
3766:
3765:
3763:
3761:
3757:
3750:
3746:
3741:
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3736:
3734:
3733:United States
3730:
3725:
3721:
3720:
3718:
3714:
3711:
3707:
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3700:
3697:
3693:
3690:
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3509:
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3497:
3494:
3490:
3487:
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3480:
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3469:
3468:
3466:
3464:
3460:
3457:
3455:
3451:
3438:
3434:
3431:
3427:
3424:
3423:Comfort women
3420:
3417:
3413:
3410:
3407: /
3406:
3402:
3399:
3396: /
3395:
3392: /
3391:
3387:
3384:
3383:Camp brothels
3380:
3377:
3373:
3372:
3368:
3365:
3361:
3356:
3352:
3349:
3345:
3344:
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3338:
3333:
3329:
3326:
3322:
3319:
3315:
3314:
3312:
3308:
3305:
3301:
3296:
3292:
3287:
3283:
3280:
3276:
3275:
3273:
3272:The Holocaust
3269:
3266:
3262:
3259:
3258:forced labour
3255:
3254:
3252:
3248:
3243:
3239:
3236:
3232:
3229:
3225:
3224:
3222:
3218:
3217:
3215:
3213:
3209:
3202:
3198:
3195:
3191:
3188:
3184:
3179:
3175:
3172:
3168:
3165:
3161:
3158:
3154:
3153:
3151:
3147:
3144:
3143:
3138:
3135:
3134:
3129:
3126:
3122:
3119:
3115:
3112:
3111:Marshall Plan
3108:
3105:
3104:
3099:
3096:
3092:
3089:
3085:
3082:
3078:
3075:
3071:
3068:
3064:
3061:
3057:
3054:
3050:
3047:
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3042:
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3038:
3034:
3027:
3023:
3018:
3014:
3013:
3011:
3007:
3004:
3000:
2995:
2991:
2988:
2984:
2981:
2977:
2976:
2974:
2970:
2965:
2964:Eastern Front
2961:
2958:
2957:Western Front
2954:
2953:
2951:
2947:
2942:
2938:
2935:
2931:
2928:
2924:
2921:
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2896:
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2893:
2891:
2887:
2880:
2876:
2873:
2869:
2866:
2862:
2859:
2855:
2852:
2851:Puppet states
2848:
2845:
2841:
2838:
2834:
2829:
2825:
2822:
2818:
2817:
2815:
2811:
2808:
2804:
2801:
2797:
2794:
2793:Naval history
2790:
2787:
2783:
2780:
2776:
2773:
2769:
2764:
2760:
2759:
2757:
2753:
2750:
2746:
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2740:United States
2737:
2734:
2730:
2727:
2723:
2722:
2720:
2716:
2713:
2709:
2706:
2702:
2699:
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2674:
2669:
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2608:
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2596:
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2577:
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2569:
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2551:
2546:
2544:
2539:
2538:
2535:
2531:
2528:
2496:
2492:
2489:
2486:Zhukov, G.K.
2485:
2482:
2478:
2475:
2471:
2468:
2465:
2461:
2458:
2454:
2451:
2447:
2444:
2440:
2437:
2433:
2430:
2426:
2423:
2419:
2416:
2412:
2410:
2409:0-7006-0899-0
2406:
2402:
2398:
2395:
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2376:
2369:
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2346:
2339:
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2324:
2315:
2309:
2304:
2298:
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2281:
2272:
2263:
2256:
2250:
2243:
2238:
2229:
2220:
2211:
2204:
2198:
2189:
2180:
2173:
2169:
2165:
2159:
2150:
2141:
2132:
2125:
2119:
2112:
2106:
2097:
2095:
2085:
2083:
2075:
2069:
2067:
2059:
2053:
2046:
2040:
2031:
2024:
2018:
2002:
1998:
1992:
1983:
1981:
1973:
1967:
1965:
1960:
1947:
1945:
1941:
1937:
1933:
1927:
1925:
1921:
1920:
1916:
1913:committed by
1912:
1907:
1905:
1901:
1897:
1891:
1886:
1877:
1875:
1871:
1866:
1863:
1861:
1857:
1853:
1848:
1839:
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1833:
1829:
1825:
1821:
1815:
1811:
1809:
1805:
1801:
1797:
1792:
1790:
1786:
1782:
1778:
1777:Western Front
1773:
1771:
1770:Dukhovshchina
1767:
1766:Kalinin Front
1762:
1760:
1759:Western Front
1756:
1755:Kalinin Front
1752:
1748:
1744:
1734:
1732:
1726:
1724:
1720:
1719:Western Front
1716:
1711:
1709:
1708:Markian Popov
1705:
1695:
1692:
1687:
1685:
1680:
1678:
1674:
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1658:
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1597:
1596:North Ukraine
1593:
1589:
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1581:
1571:
1569:
1565:
1564:Eastern Front
1560:
1558:
1557:Bryansk Front
1554:
1550:
1549:4th Tank Army
1546:
1538:
1535:
1532:
1529:
1525:
1521:
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1506:
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1499:
1495:
1491:
1490:defense lines
1487:
1484:
1480:
1479:
1478:
1476:
1472:
1471:A. I. Antonov
1468:
1458:
1455:
1453:
1449:
1445:
1444:Dukhovshchina
1441:
1437:
1433:
1423:
1421:
1417:
1413:
1412:anti-aircraft
1409:
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1398:
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1330:
1326:
1316:
1302:
1300:
1296:
1295:Dukhovshchina
1292:
1288:
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1280:
1274:
1272:
1268:
1264:
1260:
1256:
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1199:
1195:
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1148:
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1136:
1127:
1113:
1111:
1107:
1103:
1099:
1095:
1091:
1088:axis and the
1087:
1083:
1079:
1075:
1070:
1068:
1064:
1060:
1056:
1052:
1051:
1039:
1036:
1032:
1028:
1024:
1020:
1019:Western Dvina
1016:
1011:
1009:
997:
993:
991:
987:
982:
979:
975:
971:
967:
966:Joseph Stalin
962:
960:
959:Eastern Front
956:
950:
937:
934:
931:
928:
925:
922:
919:
916:
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910:
907:
904:
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902:
894:
892:
888:
882:
880:
876:
871:
869:
865:
861:
857:
856:Western Front
853:
849:
848:Kalinin Front
845:
841:
837:
833:
832:
827:
810:
807:
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531:
530:Little Saturn
527:
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517:Velikiye Luki
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180:1,430 tanks
178:20,640 guns
167:850,000 men
5828:Categories
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5469:Pointblank
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4791:Summer War
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169:8,800 guns
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4459:Anschluss
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3479:Australia
3279:Aftermath
3142:Paperclip
3037:Aftermath
2837:Total war
2705:Diplomacy
2668:In Europe
1936:Leningrad
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4357:Finland
4243:Vietnam
4209:Romania
4081:Germany
4060:Estonia
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4025:Belgium
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3879:Romania
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3798:Finland
3670:Romania
3562:Finland
3540:Denmark
3486:Belgium
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2583:Battles
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