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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
subject surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
this entity surface form:
Soviet summer offensives of 1944
this entity surface form:
Belarusian strategic offensive operation
this entity surface form:
Belorussian strategic offensive operation
this entity surface form:
Operation Bagration (as opposing force)
this entity surface form:
Soviet Operation Bagration
subject surface form:
Soviet Western Front
this entity surface form:
Belorussian offensive (Operation Bagration)
this entity surface form:
Operation Bagration (as opposing force)