Polotsk offensive

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The Polotsk offensive was a major World War II Soviet operation in 1944 aimed at liberating the city of Polotsk from German forces as part of the broader summer offensive on the Eastern Front.

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instanceOf World War II military operation
military offensive
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
casualties heavy on both Soviet and German sides
commandedBy Ivan Chernyakhovsky
officers of the 1st Baltic Front
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
dateOfLiberationOfPolotsk 1944-07-04
endDate 1944-07-04
followedBy Šiauliai offensive
frontLineChange pushed German front westward from Polotsk
goal liberation of Polotsk from German occupation
historicalSignificance contributed to the collapse of German Army Group Centre
helped open routes into the Baltic region for Soviet forces
location Belarus
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Polotsk
militaryUnit 1st Baltic Front
Soviet 43rd Army
Soviet 4th Shock Army
Soviet 6th Guards Army
opponent Army Group Centre
German 3rd Panzer Army
linked to: 3rd Panzer Army
opposedBy German defensive positions along the Western Dvina River
partOf Belorussian strategic offensive operation of 1944
Eastern Front of World War II
Operation Bagration
precededBy Vitebsk–Orsha offensive
relatedEvent Minsk offensive
Vitebsk–Orsha offensive
Šiauliai offensive
result German forces driven from Polotsk area
Soviet victory
liberation of Polotsk
startDate 1944-06-29
strategicObjective cut German communications and retreat routes in northern Belarus
secure the northern flank of Operation Bagration
tactic combined infantry and armored assaults
encirclement of German positions around Polotsk
theater Eastern Front
timePeriod summer 1944

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43rd Army participatedIn Polotsk offensive