Sedem Stalinov pri Šahách 49-j otdeľnyj gvardejskij ťaželyj tankovyj Krasnoseľskij Krasnoznamennyj, ordena Kutuzova polk proryva
Seven Stalins at Šahy (49th independent guards heavy tank regiment fighting in southwest Slovakia)

Summary/Abstract: This unit was the only one of its kind to act as a part of the 6th guards tank army of the Red army's 2nd Ukrainian front. Its presence in our territory had been unknown in our historical literature though it played an important role at heavy struggles for the area between the Ipeľ and the Hron rivers in December 1944. The 49th heavy tank regiment took part at the siege of Šahy, then joined the 5th guards tank corps in advance towards Levice and finally helped to stop the German assault against Šahy.

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