Kaunas offensive

Kaunas offensive
Part of Operation Bagration
Wehrmacht armored personnel carrier in Vilkaviškis during the Kaunas offensive
Date July 28 - August 28, 1944 Location Kaunas area, Lithuania 54°55′N 24°00′E / 54.917°N 24.000°E / 54.917; 24.000 Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Walter Model (Army Group Centre)	Ivan Chernyakhovsky (3rd Belorussian Front)

The Kaunas offensive (Russian: Каунасская наступательная операция) was part of the third phase of the Byelorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration. The Kaunas offensive was executed by the 3rd Belorussian Front on July 28 – August 28, 1944, with the aim of destroying the German concentration on the western bank of the Neman river, the occupation of Kaunas, and reaching the boundaries of East Prussia.