✦ History

Battle of Smolensk (1941)

July 10 – September 10, 1941

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.

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Battles 2

July 3–26, 1941
Siege of Mogilev German victory Mahilyow Heinz Guderian
August 30 – September 8, 1941
Yelnya offensive Soviet victory Georgy Zhukov, Fedor von Bock

Key commanders

Allies 4

Semyon Timoshenko military commander Konstantin Rokossovsky military commander Andrey Yeryomenko military commander Fyodor Kuznetsov military commander

Axis 5

Fedor von Bock military commander Maximilian von Weichs military commander Hermann Hoth military commander Adolf Strauss military commander Heinz Guderian military commander

Soviet Union 1

Georgy Zhukov military commander

Germany 2

Fedor von Bock military commander Heinz Guderian military commander