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enemy, inflicting heavy losses, and pursuing on his heels reached a line a hundred meters east of the railway connecting
Melitopol with Crimea. During this period Major Bachilo's regiment destroyed more than 900 enemy soldiers and officers and captured thirty. 30 machine guns, eight mortars, seven field guns, six vehicles, and three tanks were destroyed, and fifteen machine guns, two mortars, a field gun, 104 rifles and other weapons were captured.
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detachment for the pursuit of the enemy towards Novo-Maryevka , where the detachment entered combat. Under the detachment's energetic offensive actions the enemy retreated, suffering significant losses in personnel and equipment. Dozens of corpses of enemy soldiers and officers were left on the battlefield.
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Bachilo, as regimental commander, on 3 September 1943, ensued and secured fine results. Through skillful direction and close cooperation with attached artillery units, the regiment overcame strong enemy resistance, capturing the
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He displayed valor and himself personally guided the battalion into battle, and on the death of the battalion commander was appointed battalion commander...Five enemy attacks were heroically repulsed...In a trench, he personally stabbed to death six
Fascists during the attack.
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Bachilo the 463rd Rifle Regiment did not distinguish itself in combat operations by comparison with the other regiments. Taking command of the regiment Major Bachilo made the regiment leading in all offensive actions of the division.
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height and thus ensuing the division's further advance. During the repulse of the last two enemy counterattacks two tanks were knocked out, more than a company of enemy infantry was destroyed, and trophies taken.
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regiment. For courage, valor, and skillful leadership of combat operations, displayed in battle with the German invaders, Comrade V. Ya. Bachilo is worthy of the award of the Order of the Red Banner.
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in the Territorial Ski Rifle Regiment stationed there. After completing two months of training at the military district's school for corpsmen at
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769:"Предлагаем вашему вниманию фото открытия Братской могилы в Мордвиновке - Лента новостей Мелитополя"
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as chief of staff of the 169th Guards Rifle Regiment of the
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935:"Бачило Василий Яковлевич :: Память народа"
911:"Бачило Василий Яковлевич :: Память народа"
819:"Бачило Василий Яковлевич :: Память народа"
794:"Бачило Василий Яковлевич :: Память народа"
744:"Бачило Василий Яковлевич :: Память народа"
620:"Бачило Василий Яковлевич :: Память народа"
379:on 27 October, but this was downgraded to the
1068:Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 3rd class
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962:Kalashnikov, K. A.; Dodonov, I. Yu. (2019a).
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333:Donbas strategic offensive
172:Vasily Yakovlevich Bachilo
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726:"Картотека ранений"
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365:Melitopol offensive
263:93rd Rifle Division
48:Pukhavichy District
855:Tolstykh, Viktor.
825:. 24 February 1945
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