. . . . "1941-07-09" . . . "Germany" . . "* Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and parts of westernByelorussiaplaced under acivilian occupation governmentunderReichskommissariat Ostland" . . "1,389 tanks" . . "Soviet Union" . . . . . "German victory" . . "498,000" . . . "7,673 artillery pieces" . "1,070 aircraft" . . . . "unknown" . . . . . . . . . "1,210 aircraft" . . . . . . . "Baltic operation" . . "5,573 artillery pieces" . . . . . "Baltic operation" . "* Successful German offensive" . "655,000" . . . "1,393 tanks" . . . . . .