April 1944

Friday, April 14th


Eastern Front

SOUTHERN SECTOR

The XLVIII Panzer Corps resumes its counterattack toward Tarnopol but after a brief advance is brought to a halt.

The 51st Army reaches the outskirts of Sevastopol and launches an immediated assault upon the city. Desperate defense by scratch forces hold it off while the XLIX Mountain assembles.


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