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The Dnieper–Carpathian offensive had a major impact upon the future course of events during the summer of 1944 in the East and West. [31] In essence, the battle turned out to be a huge bloodsucker that absorbed huge amounts of German resources from across France, Germany, Denmark, Poland, the Balkans and Army Group Center.
The Soviet success during this battle created the conditions for the follow-up Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive on the right-bank Ukraine, which was launched on 24 December 1943 from a bridgehead west of Kiev that was secured during this battle. [15]
The envelopment occurred in late March 1944 on the Eastern Front during the Dnieper–Carpathian offensive. It was the biggest and most important operation of the Dnieper–Carpathian offensive. The Red Army successfully created a pocket, trapping some 220,000 German soldiers inside.
The Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy (Russian: Корсунь-Шевченковская операция; Ukrainian: Корсунь-Шевченківська операція), also known as the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, was a World War II battle fought from 24 January to 16 February 1944 in the course of the Soviet Dnieper–Carpathian offensive in Ukraine following the Korsun ...
30 August 1943 (start of the Battle of the Dnieper): 159,598 [1] 7 April 1944 (Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive): 230,000 [2] Engagements: World War II. Polish Campaign; Belgorod-Kharkov offensive; Battle of the Dnieper; Dnieper-Carpathian offensive. Kirovograd offensive; Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket; Uman-Botoșani offensive; First Jassy-Kishinev offensive
Musayev was awarded the title for his actions in the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, in which he fought in the capture of Beryslav. He reportedly killed a German machine-gun crew during the crossing of the Dnieper and days later saved the life of his company commander during the crossing of the Inhulets. During the subsequent capture of the ...
The army then crossed the Dnieper and seized a bridgehead on its right bank. On 20 October Steppe Front was renamed 2nd Ukrainian Front. [9] In early January, the 5th Guards Army fought in the Kirovograd Offensive, part of the Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive. In March and April, the army fought in the Uman-Botosani Offensive.
The Uman–Botoșani offensive [16] or Uman–Botoshany offensive [17] (Russian: Уманско-ботошанская наступательная операция) was a part of the Dnieper–Carpathian offensive, carried out by the Red Army in the western Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic against the German 8th Army of Army Group South during World War II.