战役筹划1943年7月,苏军在具有战略防御意义的库尔斯克会战中击退了德军主力部队进攻后,开始连续实施反击。为阻止德军巩固第聂伯河防线,9月中旬,苏军从哈尔科夫加速向第聂伯河推进,并于9月21日夜间抵达第聂伯河。次日,苏军渡过第聂伯河并在里兹什切夫和维利基·布克林建立前沿阵 Battle plan In July 1943, the Soviet army in the strategic defensive Kursk battle repelled the main German army attack, began a continuous counter-attack. In order to prevent the Germans from consolidating the Dnieper line of defense, in mid-September, the Soviet Army accelerated from Kharkov toward the Dnieper River and reached the Dnieper River on the night of September 21. The next day, the Soviets crossed the Dnieper River and established a frontier formation at Rishshchev and Willich Brooks