Orsha offensive (1944)

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The Orsha offensive (1944) was a major World War II Red Army operation aimed at breaking German defenses near the Belarusian city of Orsha as part of the broader Soviet summer offensives on the Eastern Front.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
aim break German defenses near Orsha
penetrate German Army Group Centre lines
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
belongsToCategory 1944 in the Soviet Union
Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II
Military operations of World War II involving Germany
Military operations of World War II involving the Soviet Union
conductedBy 1st Baltic Front
surface form: Soviet 1st Baltic Front

3rd Belorussian Front
surface form: Soviet 3rd Belorussian Front

Soviet High Command
conflict World War II
consequence facilitated Soviet liberation of Minsk
weakening of German positions in Belarus
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
date 1944
frontlineRole breakthrough sector in Operation Bagration
historicalPeriod 20th century
location Belarus
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
surface form: Byelorussian SSR

Orsha
near Orsha
militaryBranchInvolved German infantry
Luftwaffe
Armored forces of the Red Army
surface form: Soviet armored forces

Soviet artillery
Soviet infantry
opponent Army Group Centre
opposedBy Army Group Centre
surface form: German Army Group Centre
partOf Belorussian strategic offensive operation
Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Operation Bagration
Soviet summer offensive of 1944
surface form: Soviet summer offensives of 1944
relatedTo Minsk offensive (1944)
Mogilev Offensive
surface form: Mogilev offensive

Vitebsk–Orsha offensive
result German defensive lines near Orsha broken
Soviet advance westward in Belarus
Soviet victory
strategicObjective liberation of Belarusian territory from German occupation
support encirclement and destruction of German Army Group Centre
theater Eastern Front
typeOfOperation offensive operation

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Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) engagedIn Orsha offensive (1944)
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front