April 1944

Thursday, April 13th


Eastern Front

SOUTHERN SECTOR

The 46th Army takes Oviodopol at the mouth of the Dniestr. At Tarnopol the 1st Guards Army splits Group Neinhoff apart, isolating half on the west bank of the Siret and the other in the Zagrobela suburb.

The 51st Army closes upon Simferopol. Jaenecke plans to make a stand in the Belbek Valley but first has to beat the Soviet forces in the race to Sevastopol. Feodosia falls to the Independent Coastal Army and Evpatoria to the 2nd Guards.


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