Created by Tom Horn on 15 Jul 2011, Last Update on 15 Jul 2011

Germans encircle Smolensk - 6 Jul 1941

The 2nd and 3rd panzer army's largely successful encirclement of the 16th, 19th and the 20th Armies south of Smolensk. 200,000 troops from the 19th managed to escape the pocket, leading Hitler to abandon the encirclement as a tactical goal.

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Tags : Germany,Soviet Union,Land,Europe,Combat

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