1st Ukrainian Front

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The 1st Ukrainian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that played a decisive role in the final offensives against Nazi Germany, including the capture of Berlin.

Aliases (1)
  • 1st Ukrainian Front of the Red Army ×1

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
Soviet front
military unit
activeUntil 1945-06
branch Ground forces
conflict Eastern Front (World War II)
Second World War
country Soviet Union
dateFormed 1943-10-20
disbandedAfter end of hostilities in Europe in 1945
formedFrom Voronezh Front
frontNumbering first Ukrainian front-level formation of the Red Army
headquartersLocation various field headquarters in Ukraine and Poland
historicalEra World War II
includedUnitType air armies (attached)
combined arms armies
tank armies
notableAchievement decisive contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany
encirclement and destruction of German forces in Silesia
liberation of eastern and southern Poland
liberation of large parts of Ukraine from German occupation
penetration to the Oder River in early 1945
notableCommander Georgy Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Nikolai Vatutin
opposedBy Army Group A
Army Group Center
participatedIn Battle of Kursk
Battle of the Dnieper
Berlin Offensive
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
Lower Silesian Offensive
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Prague Offensive
Upper Silesian Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive
partOf Red Army
precededBy Voronezh Front
roleInBerlinOperation advanced from the south and south-east toward Berlin
broke through German defenses on the Neisse and Spree rivers
size multi-army formation
subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Stavka
theaterOfOperations Central Europe
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Germany
Poland


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