…of the Sivash bridgehead
"On September 26, 1943, the troops of the Southern Front (from October 20 – 4th Ukrainian) under the command of Fyodor Tolbukhin began the Melitopol operation with the goal of defeating the German 6th Field Army from Army Group "A", liberating Northern Tavria, access to the lower reaches of the Dnieper and to Crimea.
The Southern Front included the 5th Shock, 2nd Guards, 44th, 28th, 51st, 8th Air Armies, 11th, 19th, 20th tank corps, 2nd and 4th Guards Mechanized Corps, 4th and 5th Guards Cavalry Corps. A total of 575 thousand people, up to 800 tanks and self-propelled guns, more than 5 guns and mortars, more than 600 aircraft…"
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