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Line 71: }} The '''Battle of the Dnieper''' was a [[military campaign]] that took place in 1943 on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)\|Eastern Front]] of [[World War II]]. Being one of the largest operations of the war, it involved almost four million troops at one point and stretched over a {{convert\|1400\|km\|mi}} front. Over four months, the eastern bank of the [[Dnieper]] was recovered from [[Nazi Germany\|German]] forces by five of the [[Red Army]]'s [[front (military formation)\|fronts]], which conducted several assault river crossings to establish several [[lodgement]]s on the western bank. [[Kyiv~~\|Kiev~~]] was later liberated in the [[Battle of Kiev (1943)\|Battle of ~~Kiev~~Kyiv]]. 2,438 Red Army soldiers were awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] for their involvement.<ref>{{cite book\| title=Military Review \| publisher=Command and General Staff School\| year=1993 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yzf4X42RAkUC&pg=RA2-PA75\| page=2-PA75}}</ref> {{TOC limit}}

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