Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive

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The Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive was a major Soviet Red Army operation in late 1943–early 1944 that helped drive German forces westward from Right-Bank Ukraine during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt German defensive positions in Right-Bank Ukraine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive ⓘ
surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev operation

Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive ⓘ
surface form: Zhytomyr–Berdychiv offensive
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
campaign Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian campaign
combatant 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group South
commander Nikolai Vatutin NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
conflictType land offensive ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1944-01-14 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive
front 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
geopoliticalContext German occupation of Ukraine ⓘ
historicalRegion Right-bank of the Dnieper River ⓘ
location Berdichev ⓘ
Right-bank Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Right-Bank Ukraine

Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Zhytomyr ⓘ
surface form: Zhitomir
militaryBranch Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ
surface form: Red Army ground forces
notableFor contributing to the liberation of western Ukraine from German control ⓘ
objective drive German forces westward from Right-Bank Ukraine ⓘ
liberation of parts of Right-Bank Ukraine ⓘ
opponent Army Group South ⓘ
opposingSide Axis powers ⓘ
partOf Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian offensive

Soviet winter campaign of 1943–1944 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
side Allies of World War II ⓘ
startDate 1943-12-24 ⓘ
strategicEffect pushed German front line westward in Ukraine ⓘ
weakened German Army Group South ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod early 1944 ⓘ
late 1943 ⓘ
war World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

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

38th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive ⓘ
Kiev offensive (1943) → followedBy → Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
3rd Guards Tank Army → engagedIn → Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive → alsoKnownAs → Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhytomyr–Berdychiv offensive
Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive → alsoKnownAs → Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev operation