✦ History

Part of Operation Barbarossa

Battle of Smolensk (1941)

July 10 – September 10, 1941 · Smolensk

Result German victory

German armoured groups surrounded Soviet armies around Smolensk during Operation Barbarossa. The Germans won, but stiff Soviet resistance slowed their advance on Moscow.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Other

Germany
Soviet Union
Fedor von Bock military commander Maximilian von Weichs military commander Hermann Hoth military commander Adolf Strauss military commander Heinz Guderian military commander
Semyon Timoshenko military commander Konstantin Rokossovsky military commander Andrey Yeryomenko military commander Fyodor Kuznetsov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
430,000
Casualties
c. 115,500
Tanks
1,000
Aircraft
1,500
Strength
1,991,000
Casualties
998,000
Tanks
1,545
Guns
6,000

Units

IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) VII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 112th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 15th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 161st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 197th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
Front of the Reserve Armies Western Front (Soviet Union) 16th Army (Soviet Union) 20th Army (Soviet Union) 21st Army (Soviet Union) 28th Army (Soviet Union) 29th Guards Combined Arms Army 30th Army (Soviet Union) 50th Army (Soviet Union) 20th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 23rd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 25th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 5th Mechanised Corps (Soviet Union) 61st Rifle Corps 7th Mechanized Corps 106th Rifle Division (1941 formation) 107th Rifle Division 108th Rifle Division 110th Rifle Division 112th Rifle Division 121st Rifle Division 126th Rifle Division 129th Rifle Division 134th Rifle Division 137th Rifle Division 143rd Rifle Division 144th Rifle Division 145th Rifle Division 152nd Rifle Division 153rd Rifle Division (1940–1941) 154th Rifle Division 158th Rifle Division 162nd Rifle Division 166th Rifle Division 167th Rifle Division 170th Rifle Division 178th Rifle Division 17th Tank Division (Soviet Union) 210th Rifle Division 214th Rifle Division 217th Rifle Division 220th Rifle Division 221st Rifle Division 222nd Rifle Division 229th Rifle Division 232nd Rifle Division 233rd Rifle Division 242nd Rifle Division 243rd Rifle Division 244th Rifle Division 246th Rifle Division 250th Rifle Division 251st Rifle Division 252nd Rifle Division 256th Rifle Division 266th Rifle Division 307th Rifle Division 42nd Rifle Division 50th Rifle Division 53rd Rifle Division 64th Rifle Division (1925–1941) 98th Rifle Division
105th Tank Division (Soviet Union)

Battles 2

Also involved 2