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    The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II. Being one of the largest operations of...
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    The Dnieper–Carpathian offensive (Russian: Днепровско-Карпатская операция, romanized: Dneprovsko-Karpatskaya operatsiya), also known in Soviet historical...
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    Erich von Manstein (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
    foothold on the west bank of the Dnieper. Kiev was liberated on 6 November. The 17th Army was cut off and isolated in the Crimea by the attacking 4th...
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    The Second Battle of Kiev was a part of a much wider Soviet offensive in Ukraine known as the Battle of the Dnieper involving three strategic operations...
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  • Sea. Dnieper may also refer to: Dnieper Ukraine, usually referring territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River Battle of the Dnieper...
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    The Diorama "Battle of the Dnieper" (Ukrainian: Діорама «Битва за Дніпро», romanized: Diorama «Bytva za Dnipro») is a diorama museum in the city of Dnipro...
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    Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (category Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (military))
    corps in the Wehrmacht during the Battle of France, the Battle of Belgium, the Invasion of Yugoslavia and Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet...
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  • Smolensk (1943) Battle of Lenino Fourth Battle of Kharkov Battle of Belgorod Białystok Ghetto Uprising: August 1943 Battle of the Dnieper: August–December...
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    76th Guards Air Assault Division (category Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner)
    The division fought in the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of the Dnieper, Operation Bagration, the East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Berlin Offensive. Postwar...
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  • Dnieper campaign and related terms may refer to: Battle of the Dnieper (1943) Dnieper–Carpathian offensive (1943–1944) Dnieper campaign (2022–present)...
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    military role in its own right, the Smolensk operation was also important for its effect on the Battle of the Dnieper. It has been estimated that as many...
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  • 1st Panzer Army (category Panzer armies of Germany in World War II)
    Army, with the help of the XXIV Panzer Corps, repelled the Soviet Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive. In October 1943 Soviet forces crossed the Dnieper River between...
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    Hermann Hoth (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
    during the Battle of the Dnieper, but was sacked by Adolf Hitler due to the surprise Soviet reconquest of Kiev in November 1943. For the rest of the war...
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  • November: Battle of the Dnieper – Soviet forces push up to the Dnieper River and take some bridgeheads October: Battle of Lenino November: Battle of Kiev December...
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    Ivan Lyudnikov (category Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner)
    counterattacks and started battle for widening the bridge-head. Lyudnikov was taken note of for his successful management in forcing Dnieper, showing audacity...
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    The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (Ukrainian: ДніпроГЕС, romanized: DniproHES), also known as the Dnipro Dam, is a hydroelectric power station in the...
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    4th Panzer Army (category Panzer armies of Germany in World War II)
    Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and the 1943 Battle of Kiev. The army was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad, but...
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  • 7th Guards Tank Division (category Tank divisions of the Soviet Union)
    Voronezh Front to fight in the Chernigov–Poltava Strategic Offensive, part of the Battle of the Dnieper. At this time the 7th Guards fielded 164 T-34...
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    through the 26th were destroyed by hits from beyond 1 km. The 506th saw extensive action in the Battle of the Dnieper and in October fought in the Krivoi...
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    Army Group South (category Army groups of the German Army in World War II)
    formation elsewhere. The German Sixth Army, which was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad, was re-constituted and later made part of Army Group South in...
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  • XXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
    advanced to the Dnieper after the battle. In September 1941, assigned to the 17th Army, the Corps, as part of Gruppe Schwedler, secured the Dnieper Section...
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    XXXXII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
    participated in the Operation Citadel, the German offensive at Kursk. After their failure, defense and retreat battles followed to the Dnieper. The corps was...
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  • The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers. They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern...
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    5th Guards Army (category Field armies of the Soviet Union)
    Stalingrad. The 5th Guards Army fought in the Battle of Kursk, Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation, Battle of the Dnieper, Uman–Botoșani Offensive, Lvov–Sandomierz...
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  • Salahaddin Kazimov (category Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner)
    leadership of an artillery battalion during the Battle of the Dnieper. In a twelve-day period during the battle, his battalion's guns were reported to have...
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    The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which...
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  • Gasret Aliev (category Heroes of the Soviet Union)
    soldier and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. Aliev was awarded the title for his actions during the Battle of the Dnieper, where he reportedly...
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    The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major...
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    8th Army (Wehrmacht) (category Field armies of Germany in World War II)
    part in the Battle of France in 1940. In 1943 it was reformed after the Battle of Kursk from Army Detachment Kempf. After fierce defensive battles throughout...
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    Hasso von Manteuffel (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds)
    following the Battle of Kursk and the resulting Soviet counteroffensive. The division retreated during the resulting Battle of the Dnieper. Manteuffel...
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