heavy battles, during which rotmestrov’s army lost almost half of all armored vehicles, lasted 2 dayse germans stopped our attack on minsk it didn't work out that way. the people of the mestrians are stuck, but nevertheless the second guards tank corps. burdeino bypasses this barrier on the highway along field roads, he successfully makes his way to minsk, at the same time the first guards tank corps approaches minsk from bobruisk, closing the encirclement ring behind the german fourth army. at dawn on july 3, 1944, soviet troops broke into minsk from the north and southeast. the capital of soviet belarus, which hitler. he hastened to declare it another fortress, defended by about 2.0 people. cleaning up the city lasted several hours. by lunchtime of the same day, the german garrison capitulated. minsk, a city that withstood a three-year struggle, wounded and burned, but not subjugated minsk, was liberated. after the capture of minsk by soviet troops, the remnants of three german armies were completely surrounded; on july 11, the germans ceased resistance and laid down their arms. aft

to meet this armada, vatutin sent rotmestrov’s fifth tank army and part of the reserves armies, whichncluded about 800 tanks, most of which were t-34s. it was assumed that in open areas the maneuverability of soviet vehicles would give them a great advantage. here the task that was assigned to rotnistroy was to meet the enemy and beat him armor to armor. rounding it, soviet tanks lined up behind each other and were forced to attack german positions in small groups of several waves. crowded tank groups could become a convenient target for german guns. vatutin knew about this, but the blow i didn’t cancel. on the morning of july 12, soviet tanks moved. forward, the fifth guards tank army had to pass through several narrow corridors in view of these obstacles crossing the field. which prevented large masses from acting, so about 50-70 soviet tanks each entered the field at a time and attacked the german defense, for this reason the battle took place as several waves, the first one came out 50-70, another one, someone broke through along the bank of the river, who something breaks through

to meet this armada, vatutin sent the fifth tank army of rotmestrov and part of the reserve armies, which most of which were t-34s. it was assumed that in open areas the maneuverability of soviet vehicles would give them a great advantage. here the task that was assigned to rotnistro was to meet the enemy and hit him armor to armor, that is, from a long distance, we understandably could not destroy the german tigers, but from close range, when we could go to the rear , hit them from the side, yes, this that's a completely different matter. however, it soon became clear that approach the german armada will not be so easy. rotmistrov's army had to advance in a narrow corridor between the river. did not cancel, on the morning of july 12, soviet tanks moved forward, the fifth guards tank army had to, in view of these intersecting fields, pass through several narrow corridors that interfered with the action of a large mass, so they entered the field at the same time and attacked the german defense in approximately 50-70 soviet tanks and... for this reason the battle took place as if it were no