Battle of Brody (1941)

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The Battle of Brody (1941) was a major early Eastern Front tank engagement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, notable for its massive armored clashes and heavy Soviet losses during Operation Barbarossa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
battle
tank battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Dubno–Lutsk–Brody
Battle of Dubno–Lutsk–Brody
surface form: Dubno–Lutsk–Brody tank battle
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
casualties heavy Soviet casualties
significant German casualties
conflictIn Eastern Front of World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1941-06-30
followedBy Battle of Kiev (1941)
front Soviet Southwestern Front
surface form: Southwestern Front (Soviet)
GermanFormationInvolved 1st Panzer Group
48th Motorized Corps
hasCommander Alfred Ritter von Hubicki
Dmitry Pavlov NERFINISHED
Ewald von Kleist
Friedrich Kirchner
Mikhail Kirponos NERFINISHED
Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos
historicalEra 20th century
involvesWeaponType armored fighting vehicles
tanks
location Brody
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian SSR

Western Ukraine
notableFor heavy Soviet armored losses
large-scale tank engagements
one of the largest tank battles of early World War II
partOf Soviet-German Front
surface form: German–Soviet War

Operation Barbarossa
partOfCampaign 1941 German campaign in Ukraine
partOfMilitaryOperation Operation Barbarossa
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union
precededBy German invasion of Poland
region Galicia
result German victory
SovietFormationInvolved 15th Mechanized Corps
19th Mechanized Corps
22nd Mechanized Corps
8th Mechanized Corps
9th Mechanized Corps
startDate 1941-06-23
theater European theatre of World War II
timePeriod June 1941
typeOfEngagement armored clash
year 1941

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Battle of Uman precededBy Battle of Brody (1941)