MEDICAL SUPPORT PLANNING OF BELARUSIAN STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE OPERATION “BAGRATION” (1944)

In the course of the study, information on the planning of medical support for the strategic offensive operation Bagration was studied, analyzed and generalized. In the course of the research work, the main problematic issues in the planning of medical support for strategic operations were revealed, which should be paid special attention in the process of preparing the medical service for the fulfillment of its intended tasks. As a result of mistakes (due to objective reasons) made during the planning of medical support for the strategic offensive operation Bagration, the location of the hospital bases of the fronts did not meet the objectives of the fronts during the strategic offensive operation. An important decision during the medical support of the operation was to approach the front line of the hospitals of the first echelon of the hospital base of the front, which can serve as an example of the correct and timely maneuver by the forces and means of the medical service when the situation changes. The study formulated conclusions. 1. The Belarusian strategic offensive operation “Bagration” was prepared in the conditions of secrecy and secrecy, characterized by a huge scope of actions of the troops, ambitious plans and, in this regard, planning was carried out in conditions of a lack of information on the composition of the troops, the direction of the attacks, which in turn led to the lack of interaction not only between the fronts, but also between the armies. 2. The planning of medical support for the strategic offensive operation Bagration and the training of forces and facilities of the medical service of the fronts were negatively affected by the lack of a coordinating role of the Main Military Sanitary Administration. 3. As a result of errors (due to objective reasons) made when planning the medical support of the strategic offensive operation Bagration, the location of the hospital bases of the fronts did not meet the objectives of the fronts during the strategic offensive operation. 4. An important decision during the medical support of the operation was to approach the front line of the hospitals of the first echelon of the hospital base of the front, which can serve as an example of the correct and timely maneuver by forces and means of the medical service in case of a change in situation.

medical support, strategic offensive operation, sanitary losses, hospital base of the front, army hospital base