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Smolensk operation

August 7 – October 2, 1943 · Smolensk

Result Soviet victory

Soviet armies attacked German Army Group Centre and retook Smolensk. The offensive pushed the Germans back toward Belarus.

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Germany

Soviet Union

Günther von Kluge military commander

Vasily Sokolovsky military commander

Andrey Yeryomenko military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 1,252,600
Tanks: 1,430
Aircraft: 1,100
Guns: 20,640

Units

LV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXVII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 134th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Bryansk Front Western Front (Soviet Union) 21st Army (Soviet Union) 31st Army (Soviet Union) 33rd Army (Soviet Union) 43rd Army 50th Army (Soviet Union) 5th Mechanised Corps (Soviet Union) 61st Rifle Corps 110th Rifle Division 119th Rifle Division 121st Guards Rifle Division 12th Guards Rifle Division 134th Rifle Division 144th Rifle Division 145th Rifle Division 146th 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 16th Guards Rifle Division 178th Rifle Division 179th Rifle Division 17th Guards Rifle Division 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division 194th Rifle Division 199th Rifle Division 19th Guards Rifle Division 204th Rifle Division 207th Rifle Division 212th Rifle Division 217th Rifle Division 220th Rifle Division 222nd Rifle Division 22nd Guards Rifle Division 234th Rifle Division 247th Rifle Division 250th Rifle Division 251st Rifle Division 26th Guards Rifle Division 306th Rifle Division 30th Guards Rifle Division 312th Rifle Division 323rd Rifle Division 324th Rifle Division 326th Rifle Division 330th Rifle Division 331st Rifle Division 332nd Rifle Division 334th Rifle Division 336th Rifle Division 338th Rifle Division 342nd Rifle Division 348th Rifle Division 352nd Rifle Division 359th Rifle Division 369th Rifle Division 371st Rifle Division 380th Rifle Division 385th Rifle Division 397th Rifle Division 413th Rifle Division 415th Rifle Division 42nd Rifle Division 4th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 55th Rifle Division 56th Guards Rifle Division 64th Rifle Division (1942–1945) 65th Guards Rifle Division 70th Rifle Division 83rd Guards Rifle Division 84th Guards Rifle Division 85th Guards Rifle Division 88th Rifle Division 91st Guards Rifle Division 97th Rifle Division 9th Guards Rifle Division 1st Air Army

Régiment de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen