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West Front

Volkhov Front

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North Ukraine

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Group A

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Leningrad

Maladzyechna

Novorossiysk

Staraya Russa

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Velikiye Luki

Sevastopol

Lubny

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Michurinsk

Chernobyl

Chernivtsi

Zhytomyr

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180 TURNING THE TIDE 1943–1944

Encircled German forces

Soviet-held territory by Mar 2, 1944

Soviet-held territory by Apr 17, 1944

PUSHING AGAINST AXIS BORDERS

MARCH–APRIL 1944

By March 1944, Soviet forces had reached the

border with Estonia. In the far south, they reached

the Bug River in March and approached the

border with Romania in April. The port of

Odessa, Ukraine, was taken on April 10.

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△ Soviet momentum

The Red Army launched new offensives in the

wake of the Battle of Kursk. This propaganda

poster, distributed in July 1943, reads “Over

enemy land, forward to victory!”

Soviet bomber

attacks

Soviet attacks

German evacuation

route

LIBERATION OF CRIMEA

APRIL–MAY 1944

As the Soviets advanced through southern

Ukraine, the German 17th Army became trapped

in Crimea. The Soviets attacked Crimea on April

8, both from the north and from the east across

the Sea of Azov. By May 9, Sevastopol’s German

garrison had surrendered, and the surviving Axis

troops fled to Romania under heavy Soviet

bomber and submarine attack.

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Mar 1, 1944

Soviets reach the

Estonian border.

Apr–May 1944 Romanian and

German warships evacuate

113,000 Axis troops from

Sevastopol in Crimea.

Apr 17, 1944

The Soviets

occupy Tarnopol.

Jan 27, 1944

The lengthy siege

of Leningrad is

ended when the

railroad line to

Moscow is cleared.

Jan 19, 1944

Novgorod is

recaptured

by the Soviets.

Jan 19, 1944 Fearing

encirclement, the

German Army Group

North is forced to

retreat into Latvia.

Jun 10, 1944 The

Soviets breach Finnish

defensive lines.

Nov 6, 1943

Kiev falls to

the Soviets.

Mar 15, 1944 Soviets

reach the Bug River in

southern Ukraine.

Sep 25, 1943

The Germans

withdraw behind the

Panther–Wotan Line.

Sep 30, 1943

The Soviets begin

to cross the

Dnieper River

along a 500-mile

(800-km) front.

May 9, 1944

Sevastopol falls

to the Soviets

as the German

garrison surrenders.

Apr 8, 1944

The Soviets

cross into

northern

Crimea.

Sep 25, 1943

The Soviets

take Smolensk.

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