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Battle of Raseiniai

The Battle of Raseiniai (23–27 June 1941) was a large tank battle that took place in the early stages of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The battle was fought between the elements of the German 4th Panzer Group and the Soviet 3rd Mechanized Corps with the 12th Mechanised Corps, in Lithuania, 75 km (47 mi) north-west of Kaunas.

Battle of Raseiniai
Battle of Raseiniai · US Army Historical Division from a sketch by Raus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
23 Jun 1941 – 27 Jun 1941
Where
Raseiniai
Era
Modern

Topics

Lithuania1236 – today

Before and after

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