Order of the Day, July 3, 1944

Order of the Day, addressed to Army-General Chernyakhovsky and Marshal Rokossovsky, announces that troops of the Third Byelorussian Front, with the support of troops of the 1st Byelorussian Front, as the result of a deep outflanking manœuvre, to-day, July 3, carried by assault the capital of Soviet Byelorussia, the town of Minsk – most important strategic centre of the German defences in the Western direction.

The Order mentions 80 commanders of tankmen, Kuban Cossack cavalry, troops, artillerymen, airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and formations have distinguished themselves. A salute of 24 salvoes was fired by 324 Moscow guns.