The command was transferred to Acting Commander Andrei Yeremenko, and later to Semyon Timoshenko, and the Front took part in the fierce Battle of Smolensk (1941), which managed to disrupt the German "blitzkrieg" for two months.
The command was transferred to Acting Commander Andrei Yeremenko, and later to Semyon Timoshenko. The Front took part in the fierce Battle of Smolensk (1941). Smolensk (1941) managed to disrupt the German "blitzkrieg" for two months.