13th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)
The 13th Mechanized Corps was a mechanized corps of the Red Army, formed in March 1941. Stationed in the Białystok salient, the corps was destroyed during the Battle of Białystok–Minsk.
A destroyed T-26 of the type used by the corps
Battle of Białystok–Minsk
The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre under Field Marshal Fedor von Bock during the penetration of the Soviet border region in the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa, lasting from 22 June to 9 July 1941.
Ruins of Minsk, July 1941
The Minsk (Novogrudok) pocket, 24–28 June (in Russian)
Soviet soldiers march into captivity in Minsk on 2 July 1941.