✦ History

Part of World War II

Battle of Białystok–Minsk

June 22 – July 3, 1941 · Belarus

Result German victory

German forces surrounded and destroyed several Soviet armies in western Belarus in the first weeks of Operation Barbarossa. The Germans captured about 300,000 Soviet soldiers and took Minsk.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany
Soviet Union
Fedor von Bock military commander Günther von Kluge military commander Maximilian von Weichs military commander Hermann Hoth military commander Adolf Strauss military commander Heinz Guderian military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
671,165
Casualties
474,000
Tanks
4,522

Units

Army Group Centre IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) VII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 161st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 17th Panzer Division 197th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
Western Front (Soviet Union) 11th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 13th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 14th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 17th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 20th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 2nd Rifle Corps 4th Rifle Corps 5th Rifle Corps 108th Rifle Division 113th Rifle Division 121st Rifle Division 143rd Rifle Division 204th Rifle Division 205th Rifle Division 209th Rifle Division 210th Rifle Division 27th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 64th Rifle Division (1925–1941) 8th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

Battles 1