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Name: Battle of the Dnieper

Type: Event

Start: 1943 AD

End: 1943 AD

Parent: World War II (Eastern Theatre)

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Was a military campaign that took place in 1943 in Ukraine on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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  • September 1943: Soviet forces take Sumy.
  • September 1943: Tschernigow conquered by USSR.
  • September 1943: Germans announce evacuation of Poltava, their last stronghold in the middle Dnieper.
  • September 1943: Red Army troops push through Poltava toward Kremenchug.
  • September 1943: Soviet troops occupy Kremenchug and eastern bank of the Dnieper in that area.
  • October 1943: On the Dnieper bend, Soviet forces successfully conclude struggle for Zaporodzhe, industrial center of the Ukraine.
  • October 1943: Dnepropetrovsk was liberated on October 25.

  • Selected Sources


  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.130
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.137
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.138
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.140
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.142
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