The German troops captured Smolensk, but the battle continued, and the surrounding Soviets resisted and broke into theirs, and from the east they followed counter-attacks, and the Central Army group had to spend their energy on the battles that its command expected to complete much faster.
The German troops captured Smolensk, but the battle continued, and the surrounding Soviets resisted and broke into theirs, and from the east they followed counter-attacks, and the Central Army group had to spend their energy on the battles that its command expected to complete much faster.