Shyaulyay Offensive (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Shyaulyay Offensive (Russian: ) was an operation of the Soviet forces of the 1st Baltic Front, commanded by General Hovhannes Bagramyan, conducted from July 5 to August 29, 1944 during the Second World War. It was part of the third phase of the Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation (also known as Operation Bagration), and drove German troops from much of Lithuania, with the main tactical objective of the city of iauliai (Russian:, Shyaulyay; German: Schaulen).