Bukrin Bridgehead (Kaniv Raion)

Ukraine / Kyyivska / Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy / Kaniv Raion
 Second World War 1939-1945, place with historical importance, invisible
In October-November 1943 more than 100,000 Soviet troops were killed in the bredgehead. Their assault compelled attention of the German main battle force, thus facilitated taking Kyiv.
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Coordinates:   49°57'6"N   31°21'20"E

Comments

  • NOT IS TRUE LIES MORE THAN 500 000 TROOPS RIP
  • No one is right, everyone is wrong!!!1 In September-November 1943 more than 1,000,000,000 soviet troops were killed there. Half of them were shooted by Stalin personally.
  • You're is russian Stalin's lover, yeah? Did you ever hear about the "black jackets" - thousands civilians from Left-bank Ukraine which was mobilized after "liberation" by Red Army and aimed at forcing the Dnieper without training, without equipment, almost without weapons?
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