map of battle of dnieper , linked operations
following battle of kursk, wehrmacht s heer , supporting luftwaffe forces in southern soviet union on defensive in southern ukraine. mid-august, adolf hitler understood forthcoming soviet offensive not contained on open steppe , ordered construction of series of fortifications along line of dnieper river.
on soviet side, joseph stalin determined launch major offensive in ukraine. main thrust of offensive in southwesterly direction; northern flank being largely stabilized, southern flank rested on sea of azov.
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