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The battle of Vitebsk, sometimes spelled Witepsk, was a military engagement that took place on 26 and 27 July 1812 during the French invasion of Russia.The battle put a French force, under the command of Emperor Napoleon I, in combat with Russian rearguard forces under General Petr Konovnitsyn (on 26 July) and Peter von der Pahlen (on 27 July) and ended with the Russian forces making a ...
The 179th Vitebsk Red Banner Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II ... Battle in the Great Patriotic War, Novato ...
The 371st Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as a standard Red Army rifle division, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role. It began forming in August 1941 in the Urals Military District. It was soon moved to the front lines near Moscow, and took part in the counteroffensive that began on December 5.
Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm: Yes Alexander Ansio: 1776-1830: Major General (1810) General on duty of the Danube Army: Berezina: No Alexey Arakcheyev: 1769-1834: General of artillery (1809) Head of the War Department: Lützen, Bautzen: Yes Andrei Arakcheyev: 1772-1814: Major General (1799) Chief of ...
An obelisk commemorating the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812, in Vitebsk. Unveiled in 1912. The Battle of Smoliani commenced on November 13, at the nearby village of Axenzi, and initially the French were successful. Here the 6,000 troops of General Louis Partouneaux attacked Wittgenstein's advance guard, 6,000 strong, led by General Alexiev ...
He became the 31st Army's commander and led it during the Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. ... Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
The 18th Guards Assault Aviation Vitebsk twice Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov and the French Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honor Regiment "Normandie-Niemen" (18-й гвардейский штурмовой авиационный полк; 18th Guards ShAP) was a military unit of the Soviet Air Forces.
The Great Patriotic War (Russian: Великая Отечественная война, romanized: Vělikaja Otěčestvěnnaja vojna) [a] is a term used in Russia and some other former republics of the Soviet Union [1] to describe the conflict fought during the period from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945 along the many fronts of the Eastern Front of ...