the OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 17
Within November 17 in a bend of DNEPR, South to the west of Dnipropetrovsk, nashivoyska conducted battles with the opponent during which seized strongly ukreplennymioporny points of his defense CHEERFUL DOLINA, KRUTOY, NAY-VEG, GULYaY POLE, NEUDAChNAYa, TOMAKOVKA, BOGOLYuBOVKA.<"12>"
near ZHITOMIR and Korostyshiv our armies conducted persistent battles with krupnymisilami infantry and tanks of the opponent and under his pressure left neskolkonaselenny points.
On the KOROSTENSKY direction our armies seized Zhitomirskoyoblasti NARODICHI'S regional center, and also occupied more than 30 other settlements, sredikotory large settlements of SARNOVIChI, TATARNOVIChI, HODAKI, MEZhIRIChKA, NEMIROVKA, SYNGAY, ZUBOVShchINA, Novaky, K03INOVKA.
around the bottom watercourse Prypiat our armies seizedregional tsentromkiyevsky area CHERNOBYL, and also occupied ChEMERISY,ASAREVIChI, KOLYBAN, POSUDOVO, KRIVAYa GORA, ZALESE, ZAPOLE, NOVOSELKI.<"15>" settlements with
In the area Retchitsa our armies seized strongly strengthened basic a punktamiprotivnik RESACRED, the REBUS, Derazhnia. REChITsKAYa Rudnya, OZERShchINA also conducted battles nazapadny suburbs of the city of RECHITSA.<"16>"
To the north of GOMEL our armies continued to conduct battles on base expansion the napravy river bank Sozh and improved the positions.
On other sectors of the front — investigation and artillery minometnayaperestrelka.
Within November 16 our armies on all fronts linedand destroyed 146nemetskikh tanks. In air fights and fire of an antiaircraft artillery 14 samoletovprotivnik are brought down.
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In a bend of Dnepr, South to the west of Dnipropetrovsk, parts N-skogosoyedineniya conducted battles with the opponent and, having broken his resistance, the ovladelineskolky strongly strengthened strong points. Germans, trying vernutpoteryanny positions, undertook four counterattacks, but success did not achieve. In etikhboyakh the Soviet parts exterminated to 2.000 enemy soldiers and officers, unichtozhili19 tanks, 12 tools, to 150 machine guns and 48 cars. On other site nashiboyets beat out the opponent from strongly strengthened points Tomakovk and Bogolyubovk, having destroyed thus to a battalion of Hitlerites. Trophies and captured are taken.
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asnear Zhitomir and Korostyshiv the opponent on a narrow site frontasosredotochil large forces of tanks and infantry and, without reckoning with losses, threw their vby. In one region of part N-skogo of connection conducted persistent battles with the opponent and during the day destroyed more than 50 German tanks, 30 armored troop-carriers and do1.500 Hitlerites. By the outcome of day under pressure of chislenno surpassing a silprotivnik our parts left some settlements and were fixed nanovy positions. On other site fire of gunners and broneboyshchik otbitosem fierce counterattacks of the opponent. In a course of action it is burned and lined 23vrazheskikh the tank and 6 self-propelled tools.
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through the river and, overcoming resistance of the opponent, occupied some settlements. Developing success, the Soviet fighters seized the regional center Zhitomir oblastinarodichi. In fight for Narodichi it is destroyed 600 German soldiers and officers. Zakhvachenyu of Germans of 9 tools, 40 machine guns, 6 mortars, a warehouse of ammunition, warehouses with grains engineering property. The captured are taken.
In the bottom watercourse Prypiat our armies as a result of roundabout dvizheniyazanyali the regional center Kiev Oblast Chernobyl. Trophies iplenny are taken.
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near Retchitsa our armies continued to move ahead and borrowed ryadsilno the strengthened strong points of the opponent. Having seized the village Ozershchina, sovetskiyeboyets left to Dnepr to the north of the city of Retchitsa. Thus, withdrawal ways nemtseviz the district of Retchitsa on the West are barred by our armies. The opponent predprinyalneskolko counterattacks, but was rejected with big losses for him. Sovetskiyetankista and submachine gunners rushed on the western suburbs of the city of Retchitsa and vedutulichny fights. According to incomplete data, it is destroyed 1.200 German soldiers and officers. Some artillery batteries, 60 machine guns, 10minometov, a warehouse of ammunition and other trophies are captured at the opponent.
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To the north of Gomel our armies continued to conduct battles for base expansion the napravy river bank Sozh. Fighters N-skoy parts occupied two strongly strengthened opornykhpunkta the opponent. On other site our armies moved ahead and zakhvatiliu Germans of 7 tools, 9 mortars and two food warehouses.
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the Ships of the Black Sea fleet sank three high-speed landing barzhiprotivnik.
byPilots of the Black Sea fleet are sunk the sentry boat and a transportprotivnik with the displacement of 3.000 tons.
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the Guerrilla group of a name of Chkalov, operating in Baranovichsky area, zapervy week of November derailed 22 German railway echelons. The guerrilla group of a name of Alexander Nevsky undermined the military train savtomashinami and antiaircraft guns. The echelon lit up. The German protection poyezdapytalas to extinguish a fire, but was exterminated by guerrillas. 14 antiaircraft guns and 8 cars with various freights are destroyed 10automashin.
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Inhabitants of the Srebnyansky area, Chernihiv Region, told about krovavykhzverstvo of fascist bastards over the Soviet people: "In February 1943goda to our area there arrived from Pryluky the German retaliatory group. Gitlerovtsyproizveli numerous arrests in Srebnoye, Gritsivk, Oleksentsa, Savintsa, Lebedintsa, Karpilovk, Haritonovk, Degtyara's villages and others. All arrested, in the tomchisl of women, teenagers and children, Germans tired out to the building of school of the village of Srebnoye. Do200 Hitlerites shot the arrested civilians in park. Over school fashistskiyepalachi poured kerosene and set fire. The put Soviet citizens rushed koknam and to doors. The German monsters opened on them fire. From all who nakhodilsyav to school, was succeeded to escape only to the tractor operator Ivanenko Sergei from Savintsa's village ityazhelo to the wounded collective farmer Hutorenko from Gritsivk's village".