Bobruysk offensive

Bobruysk offensive
Part of Operation Bagration
Development of the Bobruysk operation during soviet offensive Operation Bagration from June 24, 1944, 4:00 AM to June 27, 1944, 9:00 PM
Date 23–28 June 1944 Location Belorussian SSR 53°06′N 29°12′E / 53.1°N 29.2°E / 53.1; 29.2 Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Hans Jordan (Ninth Army) Gustav Gihr  (707th Division)	Konstantin Rokossovsky (1st Belorussian Front)
Strength
90,000-100,000	490,000-495,000 [citation needed]
Casualties and losses
50,000 killed, 20,000 captured, 12,000 escaped encirclement	7,061 killed and missing [1]

The Bobruysk offensive (Russian: Бобруйская наступательная операция) was part of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration. In less than a week in late June 1944, the Soviet 3rd Army broke through in the north of the sector, trapping the German XXXV Corps against the Berezina. The 65th Army then broke through the XXXXI Panzer Corps to the south; by 27 June, the two German corps were encircled in a pocket east of Bobruysk under constant aerial bombardment.

Up to 70,000 Axis soldiers were killed or taken prisoner. Bobruysk was liberated on 29 June after intense street fighting.