Disaster On The Dneiper Loop

During late summer of '43 the Russians made an all out effort to force the Dnieper River at Bukrin. Together with ground forces which were to cross the Dnieper River at Balyka, Rzhishchex and near Kanev, a large scale parachute …

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During late summer of '43 the Russians made an all out effort to force the Dnieper River at Bukrin. Together with ground forces which were to cross the Dnieper River at Balyka, Rzhishchex and near Kanev, a large scale parachute drop was planned to form a second screen around the Bukrin bridgehead. Three brigades were to be dropped with a total of approximately 7000 men. Included in this drop was the 5th Parachute Brigade which was assigned the mission of preventing the movement of German reserves in the direction of the bridgehead.

Bukrin, Russia

The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II. It was one of the largest operations in World War II, involving almost 4,000,000 troops at a time stretched on a 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) long front. During its four-month duration, the eastern bank of the Dnieper was recovered from German forces by five of the Red Army's fronts, which conducted several assault river crossings to establish several lodgements on the western bank. Subsequently, Kiev was liberated in the Battle of Kiev.

Wikipedia: Battle of the Dnieper

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