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- Korsun Pocket
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- Febuary 20th, 1944
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- By early Febuary the Russian Winter Offensive had spilled into the Ukraine.
- German armies were falling back and desperately trying to set up a new
- line of defense. Some armies however were caught in the malestrom, the
- 1st Panzer Army was surrounded and cut off. But General Von. Manstein
- ordered an quick attempt to link up with the men trapped in the
- Korsun pocket. To spearhead the drive was the 509th Tiger Battalion.
- Throughout the 20th, the German Tigers battled Soviet road blocks and
- counter attacks. It would take several more days of hard fighting before
- the 509th linked up with men of SS Viking Division.
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