Soviet Voronezh Front

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Red Army formation Soviet front

The Soviet Voronezh Front was a major Red Army formation on the Eastern Front of World War II that played a key role in defensive and offensive operations against German forces, including in the central sector of the Kursk salient.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army formation → Soviet front →
activePeriod	1942–1943 →
branchOf	Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) → Second World War →
country	Soviet Union →
disbandedOrReorganized	1943-10-20 →
engagement	Battle of Kursk → Battle of Prokhorovka → Battle of Voronezh (1942) → Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive →
formationDate	1942-06-09 →
formedFrom	Bryansk Front → Southwestern Front →
frontCommanderTitle	Commander of the Voronezh Front →
headquartersLocation	Voronezh →
includedUnit	1st Tank Army → 2nd Air Army → 38th Army → 40th Army → 69th Army → 6th Guards Army → 7th Guards Army →
militaryBranch	Ground forces of the Soviet Union →
namedAfter	city of Voronezh →
notableCommander	Filipp Golikov → Fyodor Kostenko → Ivan Chistyakov → Nikolai Vatutin →
notableFor	coordination of combined arms and air support → heavy tank battles during Battle of Kursk →
objective	halt German advance toward Voronezh and the Don → support Soviet counteroffensives after Stalingrad →
opponent	Nazi Germany → Wehrmacht →
partOf	Red Army →
reorganizationReason	renamed to reflect advance into Ukraine →
roleAtKursk	conducted counteroffensive after German attack → defended southern sector of Kursk salient →
strategicRole	defensive operations in southern-central sector of Eastern Front → offensive operations to liberate Left-bank Ukraine →
subordinateTo	Soviet High Command → Stavka →
succeededBy	1st Ukrainian Front →
theater	Eastern Front →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Rumyantsev ("Voronezh Front") → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ("Voronezh Front") → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation ("Voronezh Front") → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ("Voronezh Front") →	front
Battle of Kursk → Operation Little Saturn → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation ("Voronezh Front forces") → Third Battle of Kharkov ("Voronezh Front") →	involvedUnit
Middle Don offensive ("Voronezh Front sector") → Operation Little Saturn ("Voronezh Front area") → Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ("Voronezh Front") →	location
40th Army (Red Army) ("Voronezh Front") → Soviet 60th Army ("Voronezh Front") →	frontAssignment
Operation Citadel ("Voronezh Front (Red Army)") → Unternehmen Zitadelle ("Red Army Voronezh Front") →	opposedByUnit
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ("Voronezh Front") →	combatant
1st Ukrainian Front ("Voronezh Front") →	formedFrom
Middle Don offensive ("Voronezh Front") →	participant
1st Ukrainian Front ("Voronezh Front") →	precededBy
Southwestern Front ("Voronezh Front") →	reorganizedAs
38th Army (Red Army) ("Voronezh Front") →	subordinateTo
Soviet Southwestern Front ("Voronezh Front") →	successor