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Part of World War II, Eastern Front (World War II)

Operation Bagration

June 22 – August 19, 1944 · Operation Bagration

Result Soviet victory

Soviet summer offensive of 1944 in Belarus that destroyed most of the German Army Group Centre. The Red Army advanced to the Vistula and the edge of East Prussia, and German losses were heavier than at Stalingrad.

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Allies

Axis

Soviet Union
Germany
Kingdom of Romania
Hungary
Georgy Zhukov military commander Konstantin Rokossovsky military commander Ivan Konev military commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky military commander Ivan Bagramyan military commander
Walter Model military commander Georg-Hans Reinhardt military commander Walter Weiß military commander Ernst Busch military commander Hans Jordan military commander Nikolaus von Vormann military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
1,670,300
Casualties
770,888
Killed
c. 180,000
Wounded
c. 340,000–590,848
Tanks
3,841
Tanks lost
2,957
Aircraft
7,799
Aircraft lost
822
Guns
32,718
Guns lost
2,447
Strength
c. 849,000
Casualties
300,000–375,000 disputed
Captured
150,000 disputed
Tanks
118
Aircraft
920
Guns
3,236

Units

1st Baltic Front 1st Belorussian Front 1st Ukrainian Front 2nd Belorussian Front 3rd Belorussian Front 11th Guards Army 28th Army (Soviet Union) 31st Army (Soviet Union) 33rd Army (Soviet Union) 43rd Army 48th Army 50th Army (Soviet Union) 5th Guards Tank Army 61st Army (Soviet Union) 6th Guards Army 70th Army (Soviet Union) 8th Guards Combined Arms Army First Polish Army (1944–1945) Northwestern Operational Command 4th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 102nd Rifle Division 108th Rifle Division 110th Rifle Division 119th Rifle Division 11th Guards Rifle Division 129th Rifle Division 12th Guards Rifle Division 130th Rifle Division 132nd Rifle Division 134th Rifle Division 137th Rifle Division 13th Guards Rifle Division 143rd Rifle Division 144th Rifle Division 145th Rifle Division 152nd Rifle Division 153rd Rifle Division (1943–1946) 154th Rifle Division 156th Rifle Division 157th Rifle Division 158th Rifle Division 159th Rifle Division (1943–1946) 160th Rifle Division (1941 formation) 164th Rifle Division 165th Rifle Division 166th Rifle Division 169th Rifle Division 16th Guards Rifle Division 16th Rifle Division 170th Rifle Division 175th Rifle Division 179th Rifle Division 17th Guards Rifle Division 17th Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 193rd Tank Division 194th Rifle Division 199th Rifle Division 19th Guards Rifle Division 1st Guards Tank Division 200th Rifle Division 204th Rifle Division 20th Rifle Division 212th Rifle Division 217th Rifle Division 220th Rifle Division 222nd Rifle Division 234th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 238th Rifle Division 23rd Rifle Division 247th Rifle Division 250th Rifle Division 251st Rifle Division 260th Rifle Division 26th Guards Rifle Division 2nd Training Motor Rifle Division "Alp Arslan" 307th Rifle Division 312th Rifle Division 321st Rifle Division 323rd Rifle Division 324th Rifle Division 328th Rifle Division 330th Rifle Division 331st Rifle Division 334th Rifle Division 338th Rifle Division 343rd Rifle Division 348th Rifle Division 352nd Rifle Division 354th Rifle Division 356th Rifle Division 362nd Rifle Division 369th Rifle Division 370th Rifle Division 371st Rifle Division 380th Rifle Division 385th Rifle Division 397th Rifle Division 399th Rifle Division 413th Rifle Division 415th Rifle Division 46th Guards Rifle Division 48th Guards Rifle Division 50th Guards Rifle Division 55th Guards Rifle Division 55th Rifle Division 5th Guards Rifle Division 5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 62nd Rifle Division 64th Rifle Division (1942–1945) 67th Guards Rifle Division 69th Rifle Division 70th Rifle Division 71st Guards Rifle Division 73rd Rifle Division 75th Guards Rifle Division 76th Guards Air Assault Division 82nd Guards Rifle Division 83rd Guards Rifle Division 84th Guards Rifle Division 87th Guards Rifle Division 88th Guards Rifle Division 88th Rifle Division 90th Guards Rifle Division 91st Guards Rifle Division 95th Rifle Division 96th Guards Rifle Division 97th Rifle Division 9th Guards Rifle Division 201st Guards Military Base Régiment de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen 1st Air Army
Army Group Centre 9th Army (Wehrmacht) Panzer Group 3 2nd Army (Wehrmacht) 4th Army (Wehrmacht) IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) LV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XVII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXVII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 102nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 12th Flak Division 12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 134th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 197th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 205th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 20th Panzer Division 211th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 252nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 290th Infantry Division 296th Infantry Division 342nd Infantry Division 383rd Infantry Division 4th Luftwaffe Field Division 56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 6th Luftwaffe Field Division 78th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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