Historical place archive

River Dneiper in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at River Dneiper in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels2 people1942–1944

Historical events in River Dneiper

1942

1942
Invasion of Russia
Walter Kurt Josef Nehring · World War, 2nd

Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River

1942
Operation Barbarossa
Walter Kurt Josef Nehring · World War, 2nd

Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River

1943

December 1943
Capture of River Dneiper
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist · World War, 2nd

Soviet forces trap 650,000 German troops in the Crimea

1944

8 February 1944
Medal
Walter Kurt Josef Nehring · World War, 2nd

Awarded the Oak Leaf to the Knights Cross for sealing Battle lines around the Dneiper

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and River Dneiper. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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