DECISION IN
THE UKRAINE
The Stackpole Military History Series
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Ghost, Thunderbolt, and Wizard
In the Lions Mouth
Picketts Charge
Witness to Gettysburg
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Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 194345
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Arnhem 1944
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Blitzkrieg Unleashed
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The Brigade
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Coast Watching in World War II
Colossal Cracks
Condor
A Dangerous Assignment
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D-Day Deception
D-Day to Berlin
Decision in the Ukraine
Destination Normandy
Dive Bomber!
A Drop Too Many
Eagles of the Third Reich
The Early Battles of Eighth Army
Eastern Front Combat
Europe in Flames
Exit Rommel
The Face of Courage
Fist from the Sky
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For Europe
Forging the Thunderbolt
For the Homeland
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The German Defeat in the East, 194445
German Order of Battle, Vol. 1
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German Order of Battle, Vol. 3
The Germans in Normandy
Germanys Panzer Arm in World War II
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Hitlers Nemesis
Hold the Westwall
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The Key to the Bulge
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Mission 376
Mountain Warriors
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On the Canal
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Packs On!
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Penalty Strike
Poland Betrayed
Red Road from Stalingrad
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War of the White Death
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Cyclops in the Jungle
Expendable Warriors
Fighting in Vietnam
Flying American Combat Aircraft: The Cold War
Here There Are Tigers
Land with No Sun
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Phantom Reflections
Street without Joy
Through the Valley
Two One Pony
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Never-Ending Conflict
The Rhodesian War
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Carriers in Combat
Cavalry from Hoof to Track
Desert Battles
Guerrilla Warfare
Ranger Dawn
Sieges
The Spartan Army
DECISION IN
THE UKRAINE
German Panzer Operations
on the Eastern Front, Summer 1943
George M. Nipe Jr.
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Copyright 1996 by J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Inc.
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Originally published by J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing in 1996. This edition published by arrangement with J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 104 Browning Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3K 0L7.
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Nipe, George M.
Decision in the Ukraine: German Panzer operations on the Eastern Front, summer 1943 / George M. Nipe, Jr.
p. cm.(Stackpole military history series)
Originally published: Winnipeg, Man., Canada: J.J. Fedorowicz Pub., c1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8117-1162-3
1. World War, 19391945CampaignsUkraine. 2. Germany. Heer.
Panzer-Korps, III. 3. Waffen-SS. Panzer-Division Das Reich, 2. I. Title.
D764.7.U5N57 2012
940.54'2177dc23
2012012222
eISBN 9780811748643
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List of Maps