Battle of Raseiniai

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The Battle of Raseiniai was a major early World War II tank engagement in June 1941 between German and Soviet forces in Lithuania, notable for dramatic clashes between German armor and heavily armored Soviet KV tanks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
tank battle
casualties heavy Soviet tank losses
significant German tank losses
conflictOf World War II
countryAtTime Soviet Union
dateContext early phase of Operation Barbarossa
endDate 1941-06-27
followedBy German advance toward Daugavpils
front Eastern Front
germanArmyGroup Army Group North
germanCommander Erich Hoepner
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
germanObjective break through Soviet armored forces in Lithuania
historicalSignificance early demonstration of effectiveness of 88 mm guns against heavy tanks
illustrated superiority of German operational doctrine despite Soviet heavy armor
involvedBelligerent Nazi Germany
Red Army
Soviet Union
Wehrmacht
involvedEquipment German 88 mm FlaK gun
linked to: 88 mm Flak gun

KV-1 tank
linked to: KV-1 heavy tank

KV-2 tank
linked to: KV-2 heavy tank

Panzer III
Panzer IV
linked to: Panzer IV tanks
involvedUnit German 1st Panzer Division
linked to: 1st Panzer Division

German 4th Panzer Group
German 6th Panzer Division
linked to: 6th Panzer Division

German XLI Panzer Corps
Soviet 12th Mechanized Corps
Soviet 2nd Tank Division
Soviet 3rd Mechanized Corps
Soviet 5th Tank Division
notableFor heavy fighting between German armor and Soviet KV tanks
single KV tank delaying German advance
partOf German invasion of the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa
place Lithuania
near Raseiniai
precededBy initial German border battles in Lithuania
result German victory
Soviet tactical defeat
sovietCommander Aleksei Kurkin
sovietFormation Northwestern Front
sovietObjective counterattack German panzer spearheads
startDate 1941-06-23
strategicEffect contributed to collapse of Soviet Northwestern Front defenses
facilitated German advance toward Leningrad
theater Baltic theater of World War II

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KV-1 usedInBattle Battle of Raseiniai
subject linked to: KV-1 heavy tank