Military & Warfare

Soviet Union Launches Operation Bagration

Operation Bagration marked a major Soviet offensive aimed at dismantling the German Army Group Centre in Belarus. Launched in late June, the operation involved massive troop deployments and artillery barrages across a broad front, resulting in significant territorial gains for the Red Army and inflicting heavy losses on the German forces. The operation was named after the general Pyotr Bagration, a hero of the Napoleonic Wars, and was part of a larger strategy to reclaim Soviet territories occupied by Nazi Germany.

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