Lego WW2 Battle of Kiev

The 1943 Battle of Kiev describes three strategic operations (two offensive and one defensive) by the Soviet Red Army, and one operational counterattack by the Wehrmacht which took place in the wake of the failed German offensive at Kursk during World War II. These four operations took place between 3 October and 22 December 1943. The Red Army launched their first summer offensive of the war, pushing Erich von Manstein’s battered Army Group South back towards the Dnieper River. There, Manstein intended to