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After the opening of the Lyutezh bridgehead, the task of the 1st Ukrainian Front was to dash west. Vatutin chose the city of Fastov as his first target. At the same time, the fresh German 25th TD with almost a hundred tanks was moving towards the city. However, the battle for Fastov would unfold according to a scenario unexpected for both sides. And believe it or not, the cavalry went furthest. However, this was entirely in line with the paradigm of using the Red Army cavalry in the Great Patriotic War. There, at the tip of the cavalry strike, it was to play an extremely important role in the battles of November 1943 near Kiev and essentially save the operation. Support our projects: http://tacticmedia.ru/donate/ Early access to our news and videos: https://sponsr.ru/tacticmedia/ Tacticmedia Vkontakte: https://vk.com/tacticmedia Telegram: https://t.me/TacticMedia_Official Zen: https://zen.yandex.ru/tacticmedia Rutube: https://rutube.ru/channel/23606772/