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Military history of Smolensk

  • Smolensk operationThe second Smolensk operation began on the 7th of August 1943. General Andrei Yeremenko commanded the Kalinin Front while Vasily Sokolovsky led the Western…
  • Battle of Smolensk (1941)On the 22nd of June 1941, Axis nations invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. The campaign met with spectacular success as surprised Soviet troops…
  • Battle of Smolensk (1812)On the 27th of July, General Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly slipped his First Western Army away from Vitebsk. He avoided a general engagement with Emperor…