Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)

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Operation Suvorov (the Smolensk offensive of 1943) was a major Soviet World War II campaign aimed at pushing German forces westward from the Smolensk region and helping set the conditions for the liberation of Belarus.

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instanceOf Soviet strategic offensive
World War II military operation
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
surface form: Smolensk offensive (1943)

Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
surface form: Smolensk operation (1943)
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
campaign Soviet 1943 summer–autumn offensives
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
countryInvolved Germany
endDate 1943-10-02
followedBy Belorussian strategic offensive operations
frontCommand Kalinin Front
Western Front (Red Army)
frontCommander Andrei Yeremenko NERFINISHED
Vasily Sokolovsky
hasPart Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Smolensk offensive operation (1943)

Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Second Smolensk offensive operation (1943)
historicalPeriod 20th century
location Bryansk Oblast NERFINISHED
Smolensk Oblast NERFINISHED
western Russian SFSR
militaryFormationInvolved Red Army
Wehrmacht
namedAfter Alexander Suvorov
notableCityLiberated Roslavl
Smolensk
objective liberation of Roslavl
liberation of Smolensk
pushing German forces westward from the Smolensk region
opposedBy Army Group Centre
surface form: Army Group Center
opposingForce Red Army
Army Group Centre
surface form: Wehrmacht Army Group Center
partOf Soviet summer offensives of 1943
surface form: Soviet summer–autumn campaign of 1943

World War II
precededBy Battle of Kursk
result German withdrawal from Smolensk region
Soviet victory
liberation of Smolensk by Soviet forces
startDate 1943-08-07
strategicEffect improved Soviet positions for later offensives into Belarus
reduction of German salient around Smolensk
strategicGoal creating conditions for the liberation of Belarus
weakening German Army Group Center
theater Eastern Front
year 1943

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Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) engagedIn Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front
Kalinin Front engagedIn Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
this entity surface form: Smolensk Operation (1943)
43rd Army participatedIn Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
Orel offensive operation followedBy Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
this entity surface form: Smolensk offensive operation (1943)
Western Front (Red Army) engagedIn Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
this entity surface form: Smolensk operation (1943)
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) hasPart Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Operation Suvorov
this entity surface form: First Smolensk offensive operation (1943)
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) hasPart Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Operation Suvorov
this entity surface form: Second Smolensk offensive operation (1943)
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) alsoKnownAs Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
subject surface form: Operation Suvorov
this entity surface form: Smolensk offensive (1943)
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) alsoKnownAs Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
subject surface form: Operation Suvorov
this entity surface form: Smolensk operation (1943)
33rd Army engagement Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
this entity surface form: Smolensk offensive (1943)
49th Army participatedIn Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
this entity surface form: Smolensk operation (1943)