After the Battle of Kursk, the Germans wanted to get a chance to breathe, but the Soviets did not give the Germans a chance, in August 1943, the Soviets gathered more than 2.6 million troops and launched the Dnieper Campaign, which accumulated more than 4 million troops on both sides, and the Germans could only passively defend on the front line, and the hope of victory was lost little by little.
In order to cope with the Soviet offensive, the German army once again gathered troops, including Army Group Center and Army Group South, with a total strength of 1.24 million troops, and the strength of the Soviet army was 1 to 2. The battle was seen as a battle of firepower between the Soviets and The Germans. The Soviets assembled more than 50,000 artillery and mortars of all kinds, while the Germans had just over 10,000.
At the beginning of the campaign, the Soviet army completely grasped the initiative. From Velikiye Luki to the Sea of Azov, this long front soviet launched the battle of ploughing the ground, almost completely turning the battlefield over with artillery, and the German army had learned the firepower of the Soviet army in the Battle of Stalingrad.
German fortifications were built in Ukraine and Donbass on the left bank, and the Soviets quickly recaptured Kharkov with a thunderous momentum, taking advantage of the abundant settlements, and the eastern barriers built by the Germans collapsed in an instant under the heavy fire of the Soviets. During the Battle of the Dnieper, Adolf threatened that the Dnieper was uncrossable. But under the preparation of the Soviet army, the Dnieper River was easily run over by the Soviet army like a small stream.
This created the conditions for the Soviets to liberate Ukraine. The grain, iron ore, manganese, and non-ferrous metals here would all be owned by the Soviets. Not only that, but the Soviets also inflicted heavy damage on the German Army Group South and Army Group Center. The recapture of about 160 small and medium-sized cities, especially Kiev, caused the morale of the Soviet army to soar. What do you think?