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Operation Bagration — Soviet Summer Offensive Destroys Army Group Centre

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The Soviet Red Army launched Operation Bagration against German Army Group Centre, the largest Allied offensive of WWII. Using elaborate deception operations, Soviet forces shattered 28 German divisions, killing or capturing 300,000 troops — losses exceeding Stalingrad. The offensive advanced over 600 km in two months and liberated Belorussia.

Sources

  • T1 Russian State Military Archive RGVA – Belorussian Front records Official
  • T3 Glantz, D., 'When Titans Clashed' Institutional
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