Soviet Southwestern Front

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Red Army operational formation Soviet Front World War II military unit

The Soviet Southwestern Front was a major Red Army operational formation on the Eastern Front of World War II that played a key role in large-scale defensive and offensive operations against Nazi Germany.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet Southwestern Front canonical	15
Southwestern Front (Red Army)	4
Southwestern Front (Soviet)	1
Soviet Southwestern Front (Red Army formation)	1
Soviet Southwestern Front forces	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army operational formation ⓘ Soviet Front ⓘ World War II military unit ⓘ
chiefOfStaff	Vasiliy Tupikov ⓘ
commander	Mikhail Kirponos ⓘ Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
componentUnit	12th Army (Red Army) ⓘ 21st Army (Red Army) ⓘ 26th Army (Red Army) ⓘ 37th Army (Red Army) ⓘ 38th Army (Red Army) ⓘ 40th Army (Red Army) ⓘ 57th Army (Red Army) ⓘ 5th Army (Red Army) ⓘ 6th Army (Red Army) ⓘ 9th Army (Red Army) ⓘ Southwestern Front Air Forces ⓘ
conflict	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II World War II ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dateFormed	1941-06-22 ⓘ
disbanded	1943 ⓘ
formedFrom	Kiev Special Military District ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to later Soviet counteroffensives in the southwestern sector ⓘ played a key role in early defensive battles of the Soviet–German War ⓘ suffered major encirclements and losses in 1941 ⓘ
locationFormed	Kyiv ⓘ surface form: Kiev Soviet Ukraine ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian SSR
militaryBranch	Red Army ⓘ
notableEngagement	Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ Battle of Uman ⓘ Donbass defensive operations (1941) ⓘ Kharkov defensive operations (1941) ⓘ Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ Stalingrad strategic defensive operations (flank sector) ⓘ Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ⓘ
opponent	Nazi Germany ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	Red Army ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations	Right-bank Ukraine ⓘ Southwestern sector of the Soviet–German front ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
reasonForDisbandment	reorganization into Ukrainian Fronts ⓘ
role	front-level operational command ⓘ
strategicFunction	conduct large-scale defensive operations ⓘ conduct large-scale offensive operations ⓘ
subordinateTo	Soviet High Command ⓘ Stavka ⓘ
successor	1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ Soviet Steppe Front ⓘ surface form: Steppe Front Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ surface form: Voronezh Front
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Stalingrad → involvedMilitaryUnit → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Soviet-German Front → commandStructure → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Southwestern Front (Red Army formation)

Operation Little Saturn → involvedUnit → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Army Group Don → opponent → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Battle of the Don Bend → opponent → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Donbass defensive operations (1941) → belligerent → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

12th Army (Red Army) → subordinateTo → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Front (Red Army)

Battle of Uman → encirclementOf → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Southwestern Front forces

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → front → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Front (Red Army)

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → combatant → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations → combatant → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Malyi Saturn → front → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Soviet Operation Uranus → involvedUnit → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Uranus

Donbass offensive (1943) → belligerent → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Southern sector of the Eastern Front → sovietCommand → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Front (Red Army)

Donets Basin defensive operation → front → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Voronezh–Kursk defensive operation → combatant → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Front (Red Army)

Operation Barbarossa southern sector → opposedBy → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → front → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Uman pocket → combatantRole → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

Battle of Brody (1941) → front → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Front (Soviet)

Operation Fredericus → involves → Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ