The Battle of Białystok-Minsk in Jun-Jul 1941, which involved the encirclement of entire Soviet armies positioned near each city in Poland and Belarus, respectively, was one of the first victories by Nazi Germany and its Axis allies against the USSR's Red Army during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Bialystok #GermanArmy #Minsk #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2666-en/