Kiev offensive (1943)

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Eastern Front operation World War II battle military offensive

The Kiev offensive (1943) was a major World War II Red Army operation that liberated the Ukrainian capital of Kiev from German occupation as part of the broader Eastern Front counteroffensives.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Kiev (1943) 5
Kiev offensive (1943) canonical 5
Battle for Kiev (1943) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front operation ⓘ
World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt expanding the Soviet bridgehead over the Dnieper River ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
surface form: Battle for Kiev (1943)
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
characterizedBy large-scale armored operations ⓘ
urban combat in and around Kiev ⓘ
commander Ivan Konev ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
date November–December 1943 ⓘ
endDate 1943-12-22 ⓘ
followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive ⓘ
Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive ⓘ
surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
front 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
involvedUnit 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ
surface form: 4th Panzer Army

Army Group South ⓘ
liberated Kyiv ⓘ
surface form: Kiev
location Kyiv ⓘ
surface form: Kiev

Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian SSR
notableFor recapture of a major European capital by the Red Army ⓘ
objective liberation of Kiev ⓘ
opposingCommander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Hans-Valentin Hube ⓘ
Hermann Hoth ⓘ
partOf Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ
Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive

Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
precededBy Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Lower Dnieper Offensive
result Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1943-11-03 ⓘ
strategicEffect pushed German forces west of the Dnieper River in central Ukraine ⓘ
weakened German Army Group South ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Soviet 60th Army → operationParticipatedIn → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
Soviet 60th Army → notableBattle → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kiev (1943)
Nikolai Vatutin → participatedIn → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
40th Army (Red Army) → notableOperation → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
38th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
38th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiev defensive operation (1943)
Chernigov–Pripyat Offensive → followedBy → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiev Offensive (1943)
Kiev offensive (1943) → alsoKnownAs → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle for Kiev (1943)
Battle for the Bukrin bridgehead → relatedTo → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kiev (1943)
Lyutezh bridgehead crossing → partOf → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kyiv offensive (1943)
Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive → precededBy → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → notableWork → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kiev (1943)
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → participatedIn → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kiev (1943)
1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union → notableBattle → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kiev (1943)