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1、UALPSISOFDEEPATTACKOPERATIONSOPEXATIONBAGRATIONBELORUSSIA22JUNE-29AUGUST1944LieutenantColonelWilliamM.ConnorCombatStudiesInstituteFortLeavenworth,KansasMarch1987CONTENTS-TitlePage1StrategicSetti-12~perational/TacticalSituaticn163ConductofOperations374Conclusio
2、ns57AnnexesAStrategicSettingBSovietForceStructure(1944;CCorrelationofForcesDPlanningSequenceEMajorElementsofFront'PlacsFDispositionOPERATIONBAGRATION22June-28August19441.StrategicSetting.a.PrincipalEvents.OperationBAGRATIONtookplaceduringwhattheSovietanalystsc
3、onsiderthethirdperiodofthewar:thatofthDSovietstrategicoffensiveswhichmarkedtheascendancyoftheSovietarmedforcesovertheGermanWehrmacht.Duringthisperiod,thearmedforcesofthesovietUnionheldthestrategicinitiaitveandusedittodefeattheWehrmacht,gaincontrolofEasternEuro
4、pe,'andinvadeGermanyproper,meetingAlliedforcesontheElbeRiveron25April1945.TheperiodisregardedasbeginningJanuary1944andendingwiththeV-EDay,7May1945.Duringthefirsttwomajorperiodsofthewar,theRedArmyhadhadfirsttoconductastrategicdefense,morethroughforceofcircumsta
5、ncesthanthroughanyrationalplan.Duringthisperiodofstrategicdefense,whichlastedfrom22June1941to19November1942,theWehrmachtgenerallyheldthestrategicinitiativeandusedittoadvantage.Theirfirstoffensive,from22Juneto5December1941hadnearlyendedwiththecaptureofMoscow,as
6、wellasresultinginthedefeatoftheSovietArmywhichtheWehrmachtsawbeforeiton22June1941.Theyhadnot,however,countedupontheSovietabilitytoraisenewformationsandmanpowernorthemovementofthefactorieseast.GiventhestrategicsurpriseoftheGermaninvasion,theSovietgovernmenthads
7、hakenbutnotfallen,andthegovernmentalreorganizationwhichfollowedwouldbeoneofthemajorfactorsintheabilityoftheSovietUniontodecidestrategyandconductoperations.NorcouldtheSovietUnionreceivesubstantialhelpfrompotentialalliesduringthisfirstadvancebytheGermans,asGreat
8、BritainwasjustcapableofdefendingherownterritoryagainsttheGermans.Finally,theGennanshadnotreckoneduponthesoviets'useoftheirFarEasternarmgtoreinforcetheirEuropeanforces,madepossibleb
