Baltic strategic defensive operation
1941 military conflicts in Baltic states during WW II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Soviet World War II offensive, see Baltic offensive.
The Baltic strategic defensive operation (Russian: Прибалтийская стратегическая оборонительная операция) encompassed the operations of the Red Army from 22 June to 9 July 1941 conducted over the territories of the occupied Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia in response to the offensive launched by the Wehrmacht in Operation Barbarossa.
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Baltic operation (1941) | |||||||
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Part of Operation Barbarossa during the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
![]() Execution of operation 22.06.1941 - 10.07.1941 | |||||||
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3rd Panzer Group (parts) | |||||||
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655,000 1,389 tanks 7,673 artillery pieces 1,070 aircraft |
786,000[1] 1,393 tanks 5,573 artillery pieces 1,210 aircraft | ||||||
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75,202 killed 13,284 wounded 2,523 tanks & SPGs destroyed[2] 990 aircraft destroyed[2] Total: 88,486 casualties[1] |
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