Orsha offensives

The Orsha offensives were a series of battles fought in Belarus between the Red Army and the Wehrmacht during the autumn of 1943, and into the following winter. Orsha was a main road junction with the north–south route from Leningrad to Kiev and the east–west route from Minsk to Moscow. After the failure of Operation Typhoon in the winter of 1941, Army Group Centre had spent the most part on the defensive in the central sector of the front. The time afforded to them in 1942, a distinct period of inactivity in this area, allowed the Wehrmacht to build formidable defensive positions.

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Location: 54.5, 30.42, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1943 Orsha offensives

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1508-07-23T00:00:00Z

1508 Battle of Orcha

1514-09-18T00:00:00Z

1514-09-18T00:00:00Z

1514 Battle of Orsha

1660-09-24T00:00:00Z

1660-10-10T00:00:00Z

1660 Battle of Basya

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Battle of Borysthenes	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1508	Battle of Orcha	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1514	Battle of Orsha	battle, Ivan Chelyadnin	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1660	Battle of Basya	battle, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Orsha offensives	offensive	Wikidata
site	fort	1100	Orsha Detinets	detinets	Wikidata