April 1944

Tuesday, April 11th


Eastern Front

SOUTHERN SECTOR

The XLVIII Panzer Corps launches another relief attack toward Tarnopol but becomes bogged down in heavy fighting at Kozlov.

In the Crimea the 51st Army smashes its way through the rearguards of the XLIX Mountain Corps. The Germans immediately fall back in the direction of Sevastopol but suffer heavy casualties. Dzhankoy falls.


[ April 10th - April 12th]