Flames of War - River of Heroes. Battles on the Vistula Operation Bagration

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Zabolot¡r)' joined thc milirary and became a plaroon commander in ea¡1v 1944. He lcd his Plato.)n iir the libcration ofshepetc,vLa, Krencncrs, Térnopc,l a¡rd Lvov on his wav to the Poljsh bo¡dct duling Opcration Bagtation.

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Upon reaching Polancl his assault platoon, supported by

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OT-34 aod PT-34 tanks, rvas initialiy repellecl bv s¡iffGcrman resista¡ce. Z-abolotny horvever lvould not givc up end aftcr repeered attcmpts linallv ovcrc:rme thc dclences ancl took his objective wirh just seven membc¡s lefi in his plaroon Hc accepted thcsc hearn- losscs ¿s a Pert of combat oPcr?tio¡ls. Ivan ¡eceived a For the Brave¡v nred¿l fo¡ this success

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kepr hirrr up front dur-ing most essaults. 'When

his unit reached the Vistula Rive¡ ncat Sanclonicrz-, w:1s oncc ¡gain called upon to asseult the (ierman . His actions in stormlng across the river resulted ír award ofhis sccond For the Bravery rrredal. Ivan rvas very ¡ateful whcn, upon reaching dre othcr si¡le of the river. hc ¡rr Ir¡li.rrr qnldier u rr" r^ L, h.,in"d o J md lrir! gu r. insteacl

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the last four months of t 94'i, his unit held ¡he Sendomierz ag.rinst Gern:rn cou n rer-lttlr(l