Vasily Glagolev
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Vasily Vasilyevich Glagolev was a Red Army Colonel general, Hero of the Soviet Union, and commander of the Soviet airborne. After initially serving in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, Gla
Vasily Glagolev
Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive
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The Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive, known on the German side as the winter battles of the 6th Army in the great Dnieper bend in the Nikopol bridgehead and in the area of Nikopol - Apostolovo - Krivoy Ro
Vasily Glagolev
…of the Dnieper, Glagolev was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 1 November. He continued to lead the army during the Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive of January 1944, the Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensive in March and the Odessa Offensive. In May 1944, Glagolev was transferred to command the 31st…
Army Group South commander Erich von Manstein, 1938
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Soviet artillerymen firing at German positions
German Panzer IVs of 24th Panzer-division tanks on the move