Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive

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The Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive was a major Red Army operation in early 1944 that helped drive German forces out of western Ukraine and advance the Soviet front toward Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front operation
military offensive
aimedAt destroying German Army Group South
alsoKnownAs Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
surface form: Proskuriv–Chernivtsi Offensive

Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
surface form: Proskurov–Chernivtsi Operation
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
combatant Red Army
Wehrmacht
commandedBy Ivan Konev
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1944-04-17
followedBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
front 1st Ukrainian Front
involvedUnit 1st Guards Army
German 1st Panzer Army
surface form: 1st Panzer Army

38th Army (Red Army)
surface form: 38th Army

German 4th Panzer Army
surface form: 4th Panzer Army

4th Tank Army
Soviet 60th Army
surface form: 60th Army
location Eastern Front
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Western Ukraine
surface form: western Ukraine
notableFor large-scale encirclement of German forces
major Soviet operational success in Ukraine in 1944
objective advance Soviet front toward Eastern Europe
drive German forces out of western Ukraine
opposedBy Erich Model
Hans-Valentin Hube
partOf Dnieper Offensive
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive

Soviet 1944 spring offensives
surface form: Soviet winter–spring campaign of 1944
precededBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
result Soviet victory
resultedIn Kamenets-Podolsky pocket
surface form: Kamianets-Podilskyi pocket

encirclement of German forces near Kamianets-Podilskyi
liberation of Chernovtsy
liberation of Proskurov
severing of German communications in western Ukraine
startDate 1944-03-04
strategicEffect collapse of German front in southwestern Ukraine
facilitating Soviet advance into Romania
opening the way to the Carpathian Mountains
target Heeresgruppe Süd
surface form: German Army Group South
theater Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
timePeriod early 1944

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Soviet 60th Army operationParticipatedIn Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
8th Guards Army participatedIn Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
this entity surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Army Group South operation Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
this entity surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive (as defender)
38th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
this entity surface form: Proskurov–Chernovtsy offensive
Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive alsoKnownAs Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
this entity surface form: Proskuriv–Chernivtsi Offensive
Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive alsoKnownAs Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
this entity surface form: Proskurov–Chernivtsi Operation
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive followedBy Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
Soviet 1944 spring offensives includes Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
this entity surface form: Proskurov–Chernovtsy offensive