Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of 1st Baltic Front

Battles of 1st Baltic Front

formation of the Soviet Red Army (1943-1945)

1st Baltic Front is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas in 1944: 5 battles and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Lithuania (3), Belarus (2), Soviet Union (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 704 km apart end to end, 141 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (6).

Polotsk OffensiveVitebsk–Orsha OffensiveMinsk OffensiveŠiauliai OffensiveOperation DoppelkopfBattle of MemelVitebsk–Orsha OffensiveMinsk OffensiveŠiauliai OffensiveOperation DoppelkopfBattle of MemelMinskRigaVilniusDaugavpilsVelikiye LukiLiepagaKaunasHrodnaBiałystokBabruysk200 km55.000N, 25.850E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1944: 6 engagements6 in 194419441944
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive, 1944Minsk Offensive, 1944Polotsk Offensive, 1944Šiauliai Offensive, 1944Operation Doppelkopf, 1944Battle of Memel, 194419441944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1944Vitebsk–Orsha OffensiveByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, BelarusSoviet victory
1944Minsk OffensiveByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union154 km SWSoviet Victory
1944Polotsk OffensiveByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Belarus0 km NSoviet Victory
5 July 1944Šiauliai OffensiveByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania389 km NWSoviet victory
1944Operation DoppelkopfLithuania55 km WInconclusive
5 October 1944Battle of MemelKlaipėda, Lithuania106 km WSoviet victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Grot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.