Battle of Raseiniai

June 23–27, 1941 · Raseiniai

Result German victory

German panzer forces fought Soviet mechanized corps in a large tank battle in Lithuania. The Soviets lost most of their tanks, and the Germans pushed on toward Leningrad.

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Nazi Germany

Soviet Union

Germany

Soviet Union

Yegor Solyankin military commander Alexey Kurkin military commander

Fyodor Kuznetsov military commander

Strength and losses

Tanks: 749
Tanks lost: 704

Units

269th Infantry Division

12th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 3rd Mechanized Corps (1940 formation) 28th Tank Division

Also involved 1

Ernst Busch participant · Nazi Germany