Third, as outlined above, the Smolensk Operation was an important "helper" for the Lower Dnieper Offensive, locking between 40 and 55 divisions near Smolensk and preventing their relocation to the southern front.
第三，正如上文所述，斯摩棱斯克行動是下第聶伯河攻勢一個重要的“幫手”，將40至55個師牽制在斯摩棱斯克附近及和防止將其轉移至南部戰線。