jun 22, 1944 - Operation Bagration is started
Description:
A battle between The Soviet Union and Germany in Belarus. The Soviet Union inflicted the biggest defeat in German military history by destroying 28 out of 34 divisions of Army Group Centre and completely shattered the German front line. It was the fifth deadliest campaign on the European war scene, killing around 450,000 soldiers. The Germans lost a total of almost 1.75 million soldiers during the campaign to the Soviets losses of 700000Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 22, 1944
Now
~ 81 years ago