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The Korsun Breakout: Wiking’s Fight Through Fire, Mud & Defeat

In February 1944, as Soviet forces drew the noose tight around the pocket in Ukraine, Germany’s encircled Group Stemmermann ...
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Trapped in the Frozen Ring: Germany’s Fight for Escape at Korsun

Winter 1944, Ukraine: encircled by the Red Army, tens of thousands of German troops faced starvation, freezing cold and the collapse of hope. The breakout from the Korsun Pocket became a fight through ...