Unternehmen ILSE 5. SS-Panzer Division'Viking' Eastern Poland 27 April 1944

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eBay Store Design by Visualsoft\n\nUnternehmen ILSE 5. SS-Panzer Division'Viking' Eastern Poland 27 April 1944\n\n--\n\u00A3110.00\n\n--|\n\nUNTERNEHMEN ILSE (Operation Ilse) is a visual account of one of the most photographed but least known battles on the Eastern Front. Conducted by the 56th Panzer Corps on 27 April 1944 in the area west and southwest of the Polish city of Kovel, which had been encircled by two Soviet armies for nearly a month before a combined Army and Waffen-SS relief force fought its way through and liberated the garrison. However, after its relief, Kovel was connected to the outside world by only a narrow strip of land continually threatened by the surrounding forces of the Red Army. The purpose of Operation Ilse was to complete the relief of Kovel, destroy all Red Army forces west of the Turiya River and free up the north-south rail line connecting Army Group Center with Army Group North Ukraine. In addition to SS-Gruppenf\u00AC\u00FChrer Gille's battered Wikit