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'Smolensk strategic defensive operation') was a battle during the second phase of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, in World War II. It was fought around the city of Smolensk between 10 July and 10 September 1941, about 400 km (250 mi) west of Moscow.
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In Smolensk during the summer of 1941, the Soviet Red Army attempted to slow the juggernaut of Nazi Operation Barbarossa. This article appears in: January 2009.
Jul 27, 2016 · The Battle of Smolensk was a large-scale battle during the opening stages of the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, in World War II.
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Battle of Smolensk (1943) Next (Battle of Stalingrad) Second Battle of Smolensk. Part of the Eastern Front of World War II. Soviet civilians in their ruined house in Smolensk. Date. August 7, 1943 – October 2, 1943. Location. Smolensk region, USSR.
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Smolensk is one of thirteen cities in the former Soviet Union given the title award, Hero City. An honorable title given to cities distinguished by heroic resistance to the German invaders during the Second World War. Smolensk received the title as late as 1985 (along with Murmansk) and just as in other Hero cities, it’s noticeable.
Jul 15, 2021 · (July 16, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, the 29th Motorized Infantry Division, commanded by Walter von Boltenstern, from Gen. Heinz Guderian’s Second Panzergruppe, entered the 1,000-year-old city of Smolensk, and captured it after three days of house-to-house fighting. The Soviets did not concede that the city had fallen for another 29 days.
