Bagration

Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky 1806-1853, became famous, perhaps unfairly, for losing to Adolf Anderssen in London in 1851 in what became known as the Immortal Game.

Lubomir Kavalek: Chess in Clouds of Smoke Lubomir Kavalek 2012

As it was, Operation Bagration prevented Hitler from shunting a million seasoned troops, thousands of tanks and hundreds of bombers to the Western Front.

How the Battle Was Won, if Not Yet the War Alexander Rose 2011

Opening on June 22, 1944—16 days after D-Day—Bagration hurled 2.3 million Soviet troops, 2,700 tanks and 5,300 aircraft against Germany's beleaguered 3rd Panzer, 4th and 9th Armies.

How the Battle Was Won, if Not Yet the War Alexander Rose 2011

His friendly game against Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky in London in 1851 was called the "Immortal game."

Lubomir Kavalek: Chess World Cup: Peter Svidler All the Way Lubomir Kavalek 2011

Operation Bagration may lack the instant name recognition of Overlord, but its scale and ferocity dwarfed that of the Normandy attack.

How the Battle Was Won, if Not Yet the War Alexander Rose 2011

Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky 1806-1853, became famous, perhaps unfairly, for losing to Adolf Anderssen in London in 1851 in what became known as the Immortal Game.

Lubomir Kavalek: Chess in Clouds of Smoke Lubomir Kavalek 2012

Stalin had decided that Bagration would begin on June 22, the anniversary of the German attack on the Soviet Union.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

In Bagration, the Soviets admitted losing 2,957 tanks, while in the offensive launched in July to take Romania they admitted that they lost another 1,269, probably the bulk of the armor available in summer 1944.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Bagration was a true victory, and in most respects the first one the Red Army had enjoyed.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

In any case, Stalin was doing with Bagration what he had done in September 1939 with Poland, hanging back and waiting to see what would happen before he made his move.

Deathride John Mosier 2010