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.
Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock was a German Generalfeldmarschall who served in the German Army during the Second World War. Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Invasion of Poland in 1939, commander of Army Group B during the Invasion of France in 1940, and later as the commander of Army Group Center during the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941; his final command was that of Army Group South in 1942.
Fedor von Bock as Generaloberst in 1939
Bock in April 1940
Hermann Hoth with Bock (left) in Russia during Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
Bock on the Eastern Front during Operation Typhoon, October 1941