The military historians of the Polish People’s Republic were in a different situation they had a keen interest in the Battle of Lenino because of its propaganda importance. Throughout the existence of the USSR, Soviet historiography diminished the importance of the fighting in Belarus in 1943 and avoided research into this operation. Due to mistakes made at the planning stage, the offensive towards Orsha turned into a bloody battle that took place in the area between the towns of Lenino and Bayevo. One of the battles conducted at the turn of 1944 in the Belarusian direction was the second Orsha operation of October 12–18, 1943. The operational and strategic analysis of the tasks of the Western Front and the forces serving there shows the scale of Soviet operations in the autumn of 1943, and the size of the defeats they suffered. Keywords: Belarus, 1943, Battle of Lenino, Eastern Front, Historiography, Red Army, Polish People’s Army, Orsha operation, Western FrontĪbstract: This article is an attempt to examine the Communist-era historiography of the Battle of Lenino by introducing the context of the fighting in Belarus in 1943. Military Historical Office, Warsaw, Poland Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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