. . "1941-07-09" . "battle of Minsk" . "Battle of Bia\u0142ystok\u2013Minsk" . . "Germany" . "German encirclement west of Minsk" . "671,165" . . . . . . . . "4,522 tanks" . . "Battle of Bia\u0142ystok\u2013Minsk" . . . "trapped" . "101 tanks destroyed" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "encirclement at Minsk" . . "1,936 tanks and 1,500 aircraft" . . . . . . . "overwhelmed and surrounded by German forces" . . . . . "Soviet Union" . . . . . . . . "border battles" . "Bia\u0142ystok" . "confused fighting east of that city" . . . . . "vast pocket west of Minsk" . "276 aircraft destroyed" . . "Battles of Bia\u0142ystok\u2013Minsk" . . "Bialystok-Minsk-Smolensk" . . . . "trapped in the Minsk pocket" . . . "Belorussia" . . "12,157 (incomplete)" . . . . . "Battle of Bia\u0142ystok-Minsk/Offensive Campaign in Belorussia" . . "Bia\u0142ystok\u2013Minsk" . . "German victory" . "750,000" . . . . . . "Wehrmacht offensive" . "Battle of Minsk" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Battle of Bia\u0142ystok-Minsk" . . "Minsk" . "14,171 guns/mortarsand 2,100 aircraft" . "Minsk pocket" . . . . . . . . . . .