Belostok offensive

Belostok offensive
Part of Operation Bagration
Date 5–27 July 1944 Location Belarus and Poland Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Helmuth Weidling (remnants of Fourth Army) Walter Weiß (elements of Second Army)	Georgy Zakharov (2nd Belorussian Front)
Strength
?	?
Casualties and losses
30,000 killed 1,011 POW (Soviet est)[1]	?

The Belostok offensive (Russian: Белостокская наступательная операция) was part of the third and final phase of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration. The Belostok offensive was part of the third, or 'pursuit' phase of Operation Bagration, and was commenced after the completion of the encirclement and destruction of much of Army Group Centre in the Minsk offensive. Belostok (Russian: Белосток) is the Russian name of the Polish city of Białystok.