Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
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The Lvov–Sandomierz offensive or Lvov–Sandomierz strategic offensive operation was a major Second World War operation by the Soviet Red Army to force German troops from Ukraine and Eastern Poland. The
Soviet T-34 tanks and artillery crossing the Western Bug, July 1944
An SU-76 of the 1st Ukrainian Front in the Carpathian foothills, early August 1944
Hermann Balck
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Georg Otto Hermann Balck was a highly decorated officer of the German Army who served in both World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of General der Panzertruppe.
Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
…Division 454th Security Division + 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) (from Reserve) XLVIII Panzer Corps (General der Panzertruppen Hermann Balck) 96th Infantry Division 349th Infantry Division 359th Infantry Division + 357th Infantry Division? III Panzer Corps (General der Panzertruppe Hermann…
Balck in 1943
1st Panzer Division crossing a pontoon bridge on the Meuse near Sedan, 1940.
Balck in command vehicle in Greece, April 1941