Operation “Bagration”, the huge Soviet counterattack; how is it pronounced?
“Bag-rayshun”?
“Bag-rat-eon”?
Other? 
Who originated that code name? Is it meant to be Russian, English or something else?
Wikipedia has this for its pronunciation: /bʌɡrʌtiˈɒn/
Wikipedia’s IPA guide: Help:IPA/English - Wikipedia
If I’m interpreting the IPA codes properly, it’s more like buh-gruh-TEE-on.
It’s named for a general in the Napoleonic wars, who is in turn descendant of a Georgian royal dynasty. Lots of opportunity to establish an Anglicised pronunciation of the word. If that hasn’t happened, the Georgian pronunciation is something like bagraht-yon.
Here’s a Russian pronunciation of it. It wasn’t the first named after a Napoleon figure, Operation Kutuzov for instance was launched in 1943.
Thank you all; very helpful!