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| rdfs:comment | - The Lower Dnieper Offensive took place in 1943 during the Second World War. It was one of the largest operations in the Second World War, involving almost 4,000,000 troops on both sides and stretching on a 1,400 kilometer long front.[citation needed] During its four-month duration, the eastern bank of the Dnieper was recovered from German forces by five of the Red Army's Fronts, which conducted several assault river crossings to establish several bridgeheads on the western bank. Subsequently, Kiev was liberated in a separate offensive. The second phase of the operation includes :
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| abstract | - The Lower Dnieper Offensive took place in 1943 during the Second World War. It was one of the largest operations in the Second World War, involving almost 4,000,000 troops on both sides and stretching on a 1,400 kilometer long front.[citation needed] During its four-month duration, the eastern bank of the Dnieper was recovered from German forces by five of the Red Army's Fronts, which conducted several assault river crossings to establish several bridgeheads on the western bank. Subsequently, Kiev was liberated in a separate offensive. One of the costliest operations of the war, the casualties of the Chernigov-Poltava Strategic Offensive are estimated at being from 1,700,000 to 2,700,000 on both sides. The operation consisted of several operational phases. The first phase of the battle :
* Chernigov-Poltava Strategic Offensive 26 August 1943 – 30 September 1943 Chernigov-Pripyet Offensive 26 August – 30 September 1943 Sumy-Priluki Offensive 26 August – 30 September 1943 Poltava-Kremenchug Offensive 26 August – 30 September 1943 The second phase of the operation includes :
* Lower Dnieper Offensive 26 September – 20 December 1943 Melitopol Offensive 26 September – 5 November 1943 Zaporizhia Offensive 10–14 October 1943 Kremenchug-Pyatikhatki Offensive 15 October – 3 November 1943 Dnepropetrovsk Offensive 23 October – 23 December 1943 Krivoi Rog Offensive 14–21 November 1943 Apostolovo Offensive 14 November – 23 December 1943 Nikopol Offensive 14 November – 31 December 1943 Aleksandriia-Znamenka Offensive 22 November – 9 December 1943 Krivoi Rog Offensive 10–19 December 1943 The following took place at the same time but are considered independent operations.
* Dnieper airborne operations
* Kiev Strategic Offensive (November 1943) 3–13 November 1943
* Kiev Strategic Defensive (1943) 13 November – 22 December 1943
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