Commander of the Voronezh Front

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The Commander of the Voronezh Front was the senior Soviet military officer responsible for leading and coordinating the operations of the Red Army’s Voronezh Front during World War II.

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Commander of the Voronezh Front canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military rank position
military position
appliesTo Soviet Voronezh Front
surface form: Voronezh Front
associatedWith Battle of Kursk
Battle of Voronezh
Soviet summer offensives of 1943
commandLevel operational-strategic level
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
World War II
country Soviet Union
endUse 1943
era Stalin era
function coordination of infantry, armor, and air support
operational control of multiple field armies
strategic implementation of Soviet offensive and defensive plans
geographicFocus Voronezh region NERFINISHED
Southwestern Russia
surface form: southwestern Russia
languageOfTitle Russian
militaryBranch Ground forces
notableCommander Filipp Golikov NERFINISHED
Ivan Konev
Nikolai Vatutin NERFINISHED
originalName Командующий Воронежским фронтом
partOf Red Army command structure
positionType front commander
rankHeldBy Army General
Colonel General
reportsTo Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
surface form: Joseph Stalin as Supreme Commander-in-Chief

Soviet High Command
surface form: Soviet Supreme Command
responsibleFor conducting operations of the Voronezh Front
coordination of subordinate armies
implementation of Stavka directives
planning operations of the Voronezh Front
role senior operational commander
scopeOfAuthority front-level formation
several combined-arms armies
startUse 1942
subordinateTo Stavka
Stavka of the Red Army
surface form: Supreme High Command of the Red Army
successorPosition Commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front
theater Soviet Voronezh Front
surface form: Voronezh sector of the Eastern Front

southern and central sectors of the Eastern Front
timePeriod World War II
usedBy Red Army
Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces

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Soviet Voronezh Front frontCommanderTitle Commander of the Voronezh Front
subject surface form: Voronezh Front