Dnieper Offensive

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World War II campaign military offensive

The Dnieper Offensive was a major World War II Soviet campaign in 1943 that forced a crossing of the Dnieper River and liberated much of eastern Ukraine from German occupation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive 4
Lower Dnieper Offensive 2
Lower Dnieper offensive 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ
belligerent Axis powers ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
casualties very high on both sides ⓘ
combatant Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fyodor Tolbukhin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Reich

Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
endDate 1943-12-23 ⓘ
followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive ⓘ
Right-bank Ukraine offensive operations ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front

Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form: 3rd Ukrainian Front

4th Ukrainian Front ⓘ
Soviet Central Front ⓘ
surface form: Central Front (Red Army)

Soviet Steppe Front ⓘ
surface form: Steppe Front

Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
surface form: Voronezh Front
location Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River

Ukraine ⓘ
central Ukraine ⓘ
eastern Ukraine ⓘ
objective force crossing of the Dnieper River ⓘ
liberate eastern Ukraine from German occupation ⓘ
opposingCommander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Ewald von Kleist ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy Kursk strategic offensive operation ⓘ
surface form: Kursk Offensive
result German retreat from the Left-bank Ukraine ⓘ
Soviet victory ⓘ
establishment of Soviet bridgeheads on the western bank of the Dnieper ⓘ
liberation of much of eastern Ukraine ⓘ
startDate 1943-08-26 ⓘ
strategicSignificance broke German defensive line along the Dnieper River ⓘ
shifted strategic initiative on the Eastern Front to the Soviet Union ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Battle of the Dnieper → alsoKnownAs → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
German 1st Panzer Army → engagedIn → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Kursk strategic offensive operation → followedBy → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Dnieper–Carpathian offensive
Kiev offensive (1943) → partOf → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Kiev offensive (1943) → precededBy → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Dnieper Offensive
Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive → partOf → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive → partOf → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Donbass offensive (1943) → followedBy → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Dnieper offensive
Southern sector of the Eastern Front → notableCampaign → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Dnieper Offensive
Soviet 57th Army → tookPartIn → Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Dnieper offensive