Today in World War II History—July 11, 1944 POSTED: Thursday, July 11, 2019 by Sarah Sundin Captured German Fourth Army being paraded through Moscow, 17 July 1944 (Russian Archives) 75 Years Ago—July 11, 1944: Soviets capture the surrounded German Fourth Army near Minsk in Byelorussia and take 37,000 POWs.