 It also claims that the 3rd Tank Corps reached Târgu Frumos, but was repulsed by the German counterattacks.The 16th Tank Corps identified by the German officers appears not to be mentioned in the account.Despite German claims that the Soviet attack was a full-fledged offensive, it appears now that the battle of Târgu Frumos was a relatively small-scale operation in the context of 1944's fighting on the Eastern Front, even though a Soviet success would have put the Red Army into a much stronger position for its eventual attack into Romania.