Bobruysk offensive

June 28, 1944 · Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

Result Soviet victory

Soviet forces broke through north of Bobruysk and trapped a German corps against the Berezina river, then took the city. It was a major early success of the Soviet summer offensive in Belarus.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany

Soviet Union

Hans Jordan military commander

Konstantin Rokossovsky military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 490,000–495,000

Units

LV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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