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Sep 22, 2011 · On 10 July 1941, Hoth and Guderian crossed the Dnepr River, headed for Smolensk against thrown-together Soviet forces competently led by Semyon Timoshenko. By 15 July, Hoth's tanks, looping north, had reached the outskirts of Smolensk and brought the Smolensk-Moscow highway under fire.
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. The Russian walled city in the center of Smolensk (along with the outskirts) was destroyed several times throughout its long history because it was on the invasion routes of the Mongol Empire , Grand Duchy of ...
Jun 22, 1998 · At the height of revolutionary upheaval in October, Jewish artisans and students battled police in Smolensk's streets, while Jewish trade unionists led a crescendo of strikes and demonstrations. Jewish artisans were at the center of the city's radical politics as well, and helped to form Smolensk's Soviet in November.
Smolensk, Battle of (1812) defensive combat operations of Russian troops from August 4 to 6 (16 to 18) against Napoleon during the Patriotic War of 1812. After a brief respite in early August, Napoleon’s main forces—about 200,000 men in all—renewed their offensive with the purpose of capturing Smolensk and gaining the rear of the First ...
In July 1941 the fascist German command ordered Army Group Center, which at various times comprised 51 to 62.5 divisions and which was commanded by Field Marshal F. Bock, to encircle the Soviet troops defending the line of the Zapadnaia Dvina and Dnieper, to seize Vitebsk, Orsha, and Smolensk, and to open a path to Moscow.
