11-18-2008, 12:10 AM
Nice item Eric -one of the massive variety of these documents.
I came across this operation in:
The Kremlin's Scholar By Dmitrii Shepilov, Stephen V. Bittner, Anthony Austin
"In bloody battles in Ukraine, on the left bank of the Dnieper river, the enemy was crushed. We succeeded in crossing the Dnieper. In Operation Korsun-Shevchenko, we trapped the Germans in another “Stalingrad boiler room”; we did a superb job with Operation Uman-Khristinov, forced our way across the Southern Bug and Dniester Rivers, and reached the borders of the USSR. Then came the brilliant Operation Jassy-Kishinev. After that our glorious 4th Guards Army, in which I was a top member of the Military Council, fought successfully for the liberation of Romania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Austria. We crowned this with the capture of Vienna."
I believe the Uman referred to is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine.
Simon
I came across this operation in:
The Kremlin's Scholar By Dmitrii Shepilov, Stephen V. Bittner, Anthony Austin
"In bloody battles in Ukraine, on the left bank of the Dnieper river, the enemy was crushed. We succeeded in crossing the Dnieper. In Operation Korsun-Shevchenko, we trapped the Germans in another “Stalingrad boiler room”; we did a superb job with Operation Uman-Khristinov, forced our way across the Southern Bug and Dniester Rivers, and reached the borders of the USSR. Then came the brilliant Operation Jassy-Kishinev. After that our glorious 4th Guards Army, in which I was a top member of the Military Council, fought successfully for the liberation of Romania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Austria. We crowned this with the capture of Vienna."
I believe the Uman referred to is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine.
Simon
