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Flagship (aircraft commander of the regiment) air gunner Soviet Il-2 Sergeant P.Shuliak. In the foreground of 12.7-mm machine gun UBT (Universal Berezin turret).
2nd Guards Rifle Division go to storm the German fortifications of the “Blue Line” on the Taman Peninsula. The presence of the 400 thousandth army factions and shortened front line enabled the Germans to create here a very tight defense. The fighting here continued from February to September 1943, until German troops were not evacuated to the Crimea. For the liberation of the Taman Peninsula, 2 nd Guards Rifle Division on Oct. 9, 1943 received the honorary title of “Taman”.