Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive

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The Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive was a major Red Army operation in early 1944 that encircled and destroyed a large German force in Ukraine, contributing significantly to the Soviet advance on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
casualties high on both sides
combatant Red Army
Wehrmacht
commander Erich von Manstein
Ivan Konev
Nikolai Vatutin
Wilhelm Stemmermann
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
countryInvolved Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1944-02-17
followedBy Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
Uman–Botoșani offensive
surface form: Uman–Botoșani Offensive
front Eastern Front
historicalSignificance demonstrated improved Soviet operational art
marked further collapse of German front in Ukraine
involvedUnit 1st Ukrainian Front
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front

XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
XLII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
location Cherkasy Oblast
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
Ukraine
notableFeature combined arms use of armor, infantry, and artillery
large-scale encirclement operation
objective encirclement of German forces near Korsun
opponent German 1st Panzer Army
surface form: 1st Panzer Army

8th Army (Wehrmacht)
Heeresgruppe Süd
surface form: German Army Group South
partOf Dnieper Offensive
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive

World War II
precededBy Battle of the Dnieper
result Soviet territorial gains in Ukraine
Soviet victory
breakout of some German troops
encirclement of German forces
heavy German losses
startDate 1944-01-24
strategicEffect facilitated Soviet advance in Right-Bank Ukraine
weakened German Army Group South
theater European theatre of World War II
timePeriod February 1944
January 1944

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1st Ukrainian Front participatedIn Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front tookPartIn Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
subject surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
Kiev offensive (1943) followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive precededBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
5th Guards Army notableFor Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
Dnieper Offensive followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
52nd Army (Red Army) participatedIn Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
this entity surface form: Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive
Uman–Botoșani offensive precededBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
this entity surface form: Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive
Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
this entity surface form: Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive
Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army tookPartIn Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
subject surface form: 2nd Guards Tank Army