Ivan Chernyakhovsky
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Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky was the youngest-ever Soviet General of the army. For his leadership during World War II he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice. He died from wounds rec
Chernyakhovsky in 1943
Chernyakhovsky and other members of his military council on the eve of the Battle of the Dnieper, 1943
Chernyakhovsky in 1944
Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Chernyakhovsky interrogate captured Lieutenant General Alfons Hitter in Germany, 1944
Operation Bagration
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Operation Bagration was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation, a military campaign fought between 22 June and 19 August 1944 in Soviet Byelorussia in the Eastern
The Soviet operation was named after the Georgian prince Pyotr Bagration (1765–1812), a general of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
Field Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky and General Ivan Chernyakhovsky interrogate General Alfons Hitter (standing) after the battle of Vitebsk.
Two destroyed Panzer IV tanks belonging to the 20th Panzer Division, June 1944
Soviet soldiers in Polotsk, 4 July 1944