While browsing a book online I found a reference about the impressive quick progression of the 5th Shock Army during the Vistula-Oder operation and they mention that the maximum advance by a unit in a single day was 56 miles, and that the biggest distance between an infantry army and its tank army following it was 62 miles. So, the 94 Guards Rifle Division, being a breakthrough division in the Vistula-Oder, and this specific soldier's unit being a reconnaissance company, I would guess he could have been so far ahead of the rest of the division at that date.
What is interesting is that the 5th Shock Army retreated a bit back to the Eastern side of the Oder and stayed around there for the duration of the Pomeranian offensive, until April 4. Then, it was all steam on Berlin!
Waiting for your comments, help, etc.. :thumbsup
What is interesting is that the 5th Shock Army retreated a bit back to the Eastern side of the Oder and stayed around there for the duration of the Pomeranian offensive, until April 4. Then, it was all steam on Berlin!
Waiting for your comments, help, etc.. :thumbsup
