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On Thurs. 27 Jul 1944 Bialystok in Poland, Dunaburg (Daugavpils) in Latv.....

1944-07-27

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Bialystok in Poland, Dunaburg (Daugavpils) in Latvia, and Lvov in Ukraine were captured by Soviet forces; meanwhile, a major bridgehead was also established across the Vistula River near Magnuszew, Poland

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