by Andrew Arthy | Jul 3, 2018 | Bf 109, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 11, Jagdgeschwader 51, Jagdgeschwader 52, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Schlachtgeschwader 10
By 3 July 1944 the Soviet summer offensive, Operation BAGRATION, had soundly defeated the German Heeresgruppe Mitte, and was in the process of securing one of its major objectives, the city of Minsk. Thousands of German troops from 4. Armee had already been taken...