Operation Bagration

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Operation Bagration was a massive 1944 Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front that destroyed much of Germany’s Army Group Centre and marked a decisive turning point in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet strategic offensive
World War II military operation
military offensive
aimedAt encirclement of German forces in Belorussia
recapture of Minsk
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
codename Operation Bagration self-link
commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Georgy Zhukov
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Konstantin Rokossovsky
conflict World War II
coordinatedWith Operation Overlord
surface form: Allied Normandy landings

Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
country Soviet Union
date summer 1944
endDate 1944-08-19
followedBy East Prussian Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive
forceType multi-front offensive
historicalSignificance decisive turning point on the Eastern Front in 1944
one of the largest operations in World War II by scale
involvedUnit 1st Baltic Front
1st Belorussian Front
2nd Belorussian Front
3rd Belorussian Front
location Belarus
surface form: Belorussian SSR

Poland
surface form: eastern Poland

eastern front of Europe
namedAfter Pyotr Bagration
objective destruction of German Army Group Centre
liberation of Belorussia
opponent Army Group Centre
opposingCommander Ernst Busch
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Hans Jordan
Walter Model
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

Operation Bagration self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soviet summer offensives of 1944
precededBy Battle of Kursk
result decisive Soviet victory
startDate 1944-06-22
strategicEffect collapse of German Army Group Centre
major shift of Eastern Front westward
opening the way to Poland and East Prussia for the Red Army
theatre Eastern Front

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World War II hasPart Operation Bagration
Eastern Front conflict Operation Bagration
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Eastern Front turningPoint Operation Bagration
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Operation Bagration partOf Operation Bagration self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Soviet summer offensives of 1944
Operation Bagration codename Operation Bagration self-link
Soviet Air Forces notableOperation Operation Bagration
Soviet-German Front majorOperation Operation Bagration
Ernst Busch participatedIn Operation Bagration
1st Belorussian Front participatedIn Operation Bagration
Konstantin Rokossovsky notableWork Operation Bagration
Army Group Centre tookPartIn Operation Bagration
1st Baltic Front tookPartIn Operation Bagration
this entity surface form: Belarusian strategic offensive operation
1st Baltic Front tookPartIn Operation Bagration
3rd Belorussian Front tookPartIn Operation Bagration
3rd Belorussian Front tookPartIn Operation Bagration
this entity surface form: Belorussian strategic offensive operation
Axis forces on the Eastern Front engagedIn Operation Bagration
this entity surface form: Operation Bagration (as opposing force)
2nd Belorussian Front tookPartIn Operation Bagration
Hans Jordan notableEvent Operation Bagration
Hans Jordan participatedIn Operation Bagration
Ivan Chernyakhovsky participantIn Operation Bagration
4th Army participatedIn Operation Bagration
Home Army offensive operations in Vilnius region relatedEvent Operation Bagration
this entity surface form: Soviet Operation Bagration
Baltic offensive (1944) precededBy Operation Bagration
9th Army (Wehrmacht) notableEngagement Operation Bagration
Lublin–Brest Offensive partOf Operation Bagration
Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) engagedIn Operation Bagration
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front
3rd Panzer Army engagement Operation Bagration
Walther Model participatedIn Operation Bagration
9th Army engagedIn Operation Bagration
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 hasPart Operation Bagration
Eastern Front air operations notableBattle Operation Bagration
Ninth Army notableEngagement Operation Bagration
11th Guards Army participatedIn Operation Bagration
43rd Army participatedIn Operation Bagration
this entity surface form: Belorussian offensive (Operation Bagration)
2nd Guards Tank Corps tookPartIn Operation Bagration
39th Army notableOperation Operation Bagration
Vasily Sokolovsky participantIn Operation Bagration
Šiauliai offensive precededBy Operation Bagration
Vilnius offensive partOf Operation Bagration
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II engagedIn Operation Bagration
5th Guards Tank Army notableEngagement Operation Bagration
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky participatedIn Operation Bagration
Baltic Offensive precededBy Operation Bagration
13th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Operation Bagration
German Army on the Eastern Front notableOperation Operation Bagration
this entity surface form: Operation Bagration (as opposing force)
Belostok Offensive partOf Operation Bagration