Uman–Botoșani offensive

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World War II battle military offensive

The Uman–Botoșani offensive was a major 1944 Red Army operation on the Eastern Front that drove German and Romanian forces out of much of southwestern Ukraine and opened the way into Romania.

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Uman–Botoșani offensive canonical 3
Uman–Botoșani Offensive 2
Uman–Botoshany offensive 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ
surface form: Uman–Botoshany offensive
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Romanian Land Forces ⓘ
surface form: Romanian Army

Wehrmacht ⓘ
capturedCity Balta ⓘ
Botoșani ⓘ
Mogilev-Podilskyi ⓘ
surface form: Mogilev-Podolsky

Uman ⓘ
Vapniarka ⓘ
commandedBy Ivan Konev ⓘ
commanderSide Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
conflict Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1944-04-17 ⓘ
followedBy Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
surface form: Jassy–Kishinev offensive
historicalSignificance contributed to the collapse of German Army Group South in 1944 ⓘ
involvedFormation 27th Army ⓘ
surface form: 27th Army (Soviet Union)

Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front

40th Army (Red Army) ⓘ
surface form: 40th Army (Soviet Union)

52nd Army ⓘ
surface form: 52nd Army (Soviet Union)

6th Tank Army (Soviet Union) ⓘ
location Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form: Moldavian SSR

southwestern Ukraine ⓘ
vicinity of Botoșani ⓘ
vicinity of Uman ⓘ
objective to advance toward Romania ⓘ
to drive German and Romanian forces out of southwestern Ukraine ⓘ
openedTheWayTo Romania ⓘ
opponent Army Group South ⓘ
German 6th Army ⓘ
German 8th Army ⓘ
Romanian 4th Army ⓘ
partOf Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian offensive

Soviet winter campaign of 1943–1944 ⓘ
surface form: Soviet strategic winter–spring campaign of 1944
precededBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive
result Soviet victory ⓘ
riverCrossed Dniester ⓘ
surface form: Dniester River

Prut River ⓘ
Southern Bug River ⓘ
startDate 1944-03-05 ⓘ
strategicEffect forced German retreat toward Romania ⓘ
severed German communications in southwestern Ukraine ⓘ
weakened Axis defensive line in the Balkans ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ

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

40th Army (Red Army) → notableOperation → Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front → tookPartIn → Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ
subject surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
this entity surface form: Uman–Botoșani Offensive
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive → followedBy → Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uman–Botoșani Offensive
52nd Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ
Uman–Botoșani offensive → alsoKnownAs → Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uman–Botoshany offensive
Soviet 1944 spring offensives → includes → Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ