September 1943

Eastern Front

After a long battle the Germans pull out of Smolensk, the 31st Army of the Kalinin Front having virtually isolated the city from the north and the 5th and 68th Armies of the West Front from the east and south.

Borispol falls to the Voronezh Front as it draws closer to Kiev. The 3rd Guards Tank, 27th and 40th Armies consolidate their bridgehead at Bukrin.