The Rout of the German-Fascist Troops in Belorussia in 1944 covers the Red Army's Belorussian strategic operation: the linchpin of the 10 major Soviet offensive efforts launched that year to clear the country of the invader. During the course of this operation, the German position along the western strategic direction was destroyed and the stage was set for an advance into Poland and Germany. The success of this operation also set the stage for the Red Army's subsequent advance into the Baltic and South-Eastern Europe. Like most works generated by the General Staff, the Belorussian study divides the operation into two parts: preparation and conduct. The first deals with the massive efforts by the First Baltic and the First, Second and Third Belorussian Fronts to accumulate the men and materiel to break through the German defenses in the swampy and forested terrain of Belorussia. This section contains valuable information on the overall correlation of forces, equipment and troops' densities along the breakthrough sectors and Soviet plans for supplying the offensive, as well as detailed information regarding the employment of the various combat arms. The second part deals with the actual conduct of the several front operations that comprised the overall effort. This section covers the initial breakthrough battles and the encirclement of the Vitebsk and Bobruisk garrisons, followed by the capture of Minsk and the encirclement of sizeable German forces east of the city. The narrative then continues with the follow-on operations to cut off German forces in the Baltic States and to seize crossings over the Vistula River in Eastern Poland. Compiled and written by professional staff officers, this study provides a detailed look at the conduct of one of the major operations of the Second World War. This latest work, along with other studies in this series, offers another insight into the Red Army's conduct of the war at the operational-strategic level.

• Cover
• About the Author
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Maps
• List of Tables
• Preface to the English-Language Edition
• Volume 1 The Preparation for the Belorussian Operation of 1944
  • Preface to the Russian edition
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 The Military-Political Situation by the Summer of 1944, the Plan for the Belorussian Operation and the Stavka of the Supreme High Command’s Measures for Preparing the Operation
    • 1 The Situation at the Beginning of the Belorussian Operation of 1944
    • 2 The Plan of the Belorussian Operation and Measures by the Stavka of the Supreme High Command for its Preparation
    • Conclusions to Part 1
  • Part 2 Operational Preparation at the Front Level
    • 3 Decisions of the Front and Army Commanders
    • 4 The Planning of the Front and Army Operations
    • 5 Planning the Employment of Artillery, Armored Forces and Aviation
    • 6 Operational Support
    • 7 Engineering Support
    • 8 Party-Political Support
    • 9 Materiel and Medical Support
    • 10 The Organization of Control and Communications
    • 11 Operational Preparation of the Command and Staffs, The Combat Training of the Troops
    • 12 Regroupings, Concentration of the Troops and Occupying the Jumping-off Positions
    • Conclusions to Part 2
    • Supplement: An Operational-Tactical Description of the Terrain Covered by the Belorussian Operation 1944
• Volume 2 The Conduct of the Belorussian Offensive Operation of 1944
  • Preface to the Russian Edition
  • Part 1 The Operation’s First Stage (23 June-4 July, 1944) The Defeat of the Main Forces of Army Group Center and the Creation of Conditions for the Development of the Offensive
    • 1 A Brief Review of Military Operations during the First Stage of the Multi-Front Belorussian Offensive Operation of 1944 241
    • 2 The First Baltic Front’s Vitebsk—Polotsk Offensive Operation (23 June-4 July 1944)
    • 3 The Third Belorussian Front’s Vitebsk—Minsk Offensive Operation (23 June-4 July 1944)
    • 4 The Second Belorussian Front’s Mogilev—Minsk Offensive Operation (23 June-13 July 1944)
    • 5 The First Belorussian Front’s Bobruisk—Slutsk Offensive Operation (24 June-4 July 1944)
  • Part 2 The Second Stage of the Belorussian Operation (5 July-2 August, 1944 The Development of the Offensive, the Defeat of the Enemy’s Arriving Reserves and the Soviet Forces’ Arrival at the Borders of East Prussia
    • 6 A Brief Review of Military Operations during the Second Stage of the Multi-Front Belorussian Operation of 1944
    • 7 The First Baltic Front’s Dvinsk—Siauliai Offensive Operation (5-31 July 1944)
    • 8 The Third Belorussian Front’s Vilnius—Kaunas Offensive Operation (5-31 July 1944)
    • 9 The Second Belorussian Front’s Bialystok Offensive Operation (5-31 July 1944)
    • 10 The First Belorussian Front’s Baranovichi—Slonim Offensive Operation (5-16 July 1944)
    • 11 The First Belorussian Front’s Brest—Siedlce Offensive Operation (17 July–2 August 1944)
    • 12 A Brief Review of Military Operations in August 1944
    • Conclusions on the Conduct of the Belorussian Operation
    • Results and Conclusions of the Belorussian Operation of 1944
    • Supplement