Eastern FrontSOUTHERN SECTORRybalko's 3rd Guards Tank Army and Badanov's 4th Tank Army pass through the advancing 60th and 1st Guards Armies to break into the German rear. Yampol and Ostropol are quickly taken, leaving the LIX Corps scattered. Zbaraz falls to the 18th Army. Koniev's 2nd Ukrainian Front begins its attack against the 8th Army and 1st Panzer Army. Before Uman a rain of arty fire hits the German line. After the bombardment the 5th Guards Army crashes into the right wing of the 8th Army. Once againe the weight of the Russian attack proves too great for the Germans, their forces collapsing after a bloody struggle. Koniev then commits the 2nd Tank and 5th Guards Tank Armies to the attack. |
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