Battle for the Dnepr - a number of interrelated strategic operations of the Great Patriotic War, held in the second half of 1943 on the banks of the Dnieper. On both sides of the battle was attended up to 4 million people, and its front is stretched out on the 1400 kilometers. As a result, four-month operation left bank of the Dnieper was liberated by the Red Army against German invaders. During the operation, significant forces of the Red Army crossed the river, established several bridgeheads on the right bank of the river, and liberated the city of Kiev. Battle of the Dnieper has become one of the major battles in world history
Battle of the Dnieper and became one of the bloodiest - according to various estimates, the number of casualties on both sides (including the dead and wounded) made from 1,7 million to 2,7 million Given the large space on which the battle took place, some historians refuse assume the battle for the Dnepr one single battle. In their view, the bloodiest battle in human history was the Battle of Stalingrad.
The main battles, the totality of which represents a battle of the Dnieper, are:
Chernihiv Pripyat-operation (26 August - 30 September 1943)
Dnieper airborne operation (September 1943)
Melitopol's'ka operation (26 September - 5 November 1943)
Zaporozhye operation (10-14 October 1943)
Kiev Offensive (3-13 November 1943)
Kyiv defensive operation (13 November - 23 December 1943)