Defense of Brest Fortress
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This article is about a 1941 battle between Germany and the USSR. For Polish-German battle of 1939, see Battle of Brześć Litewski.
The defense of Brest Fortress was the first battle of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941. The German Army attacked without warning, expecting to take Brest on the first day, using only infantry and artillery, but it took them a week, and only after two bombardments by the Luftwaffe. Many defenders were killed or captured.
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Battle of Brest | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
The Eastern Front at the time of the Battle of Brest. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany | Soviet Union | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Fritz Schlieper |
Pyotr Gavrilov (POW) Ivan Zubachyov (POW) Andrey Kizhevatov † Yefim Fomin [1][2] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
about 17,000, 2 panzer divisions | over 9,000, 2 T-26 cavalry tanks, BA-20 Bobik[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
429 dead, 668 wounded[4] |
more than 2,000 dead[5] about 6,800 captured[6] |
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