April 1944

Eastern Front

At dawn concentrated arty fire by the 4th Ukrainian Front begins to pound the XLIX Mountain Corps, Following the barrage the 2nd Guards and 51st Armies attack, the 2nd Guards hitting the 50th and 11th Infantry Divisions and 51st Army the 336th German and 10th Rumanian Infantry Divisins. The German and Rumanian units fight back with ferocity, and despite repeated attacks with arty and aerial support the Soviets are unable to break through.

As the 4th Ukrainian Front begins its offensive, the 1st Guards Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front launches more assaults upon Group Neinhoff in Tarnopol, while Botosani, Dorohoi and Siret fall to the 2nd Ukrainian Front in northern Rumania. The 40th and 27th Armies have reached and crossed the Siret River on a 60-mile front. The German force at Razdelnaya is destroyed by the concentric attacks of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.