88% of Their Tanks Went South. Then 28 German Divisions Fell

88% of Their Tanks Went South. Then 28 German Divisions Fell At five minutes past three in the morning on the twenty-second of June, nineteen forty-four, Soviet gunners north of Vitebsk opened fire. The case laid out: Why Army Group Centre gave up 88% of its tanks five weeks before the Soviet summer offensive How the order to hold Vitebsk, Orsha, Mogilev and Bobruisk as fortified places trapped their own garrisons The single panzer division at Bobruisk, sent north and then south, against two breakthroughs Tiger tanks at Krupki, the Berezino bridge, and the 100,000 men cut off east of Minsk How Model's massed panzers destroyed a Soviet tank corps at Wolomin in August The verdict sheet on Operation Bagration is pinned in the top comment. Subscribe for more armor history, and give your verdict in the comments. #operationbagration #armygroupcentre #ww2 #easternfront #belarus1944 #panzer #militaryhistory