Word: fastov
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...acquired certain important advantages. Its supply lines from home bases have shrunk by hundreds of miles. Its railroads are in working order, whereas the Russians are still rebuilding theirs. The Red Army's bold tactics have of necessity exposed a number of vulnerable points-Zhitomir, Fastov, Krivoi Rog-which the Germans were quick to attack. Though most of these thrusts have been repulsed, they did halt the tide of the Red offensive. Finally, the Wehrmacht apparently has reserves which it has now thrown into the battle (at Zhitomir, the German force was estimated...