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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Voronezh Front 32
Soviet Voronezh Front canonical 4
Voronezh Front area 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation ⓘ
Soviet front ⓘ
activePeriod 1942–1943 ⓘ
branchOf Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union ⓘ
disbandedOrReorganized 1943-10-20 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka

Battle of Voronezh (1942) ⓘ
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation ⓘ
surface form: Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation

Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ⓘ
Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ
formationDate 1942-06-09 ⓘ
formedFrom Red Army Bryansk Front ⓘ
surface form: Bryansk Front

Southwestern Front ⓘ
frontCommanderTitle Commander of the Voronezh Front ⓘ
headquartersLocation Voronezh ⓘ
includedUnit 1st Tank Army ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Air Army

38th Army (Red Army) ⓘ
surface form: 38th Army

40th Army ⓘ
69th Army ⓘ
6th Guards Army ⓘ
7th Guards Army ⓘ
militaryBranch Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ
surface form: Ground forces of the Soviet Union
namedAfter Voronezh ⓘ
surface form: 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 (44)

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

Battle of Kursk → involvedUnit → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
Soviet Southwestern Front → successor → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Operation Citadel → opposedByUnit → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front (Red Army)
Soviet 60th Army → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
1st Ukrainian Front → formedFrom → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
1st Ukrainian Front → precededBy → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Operation Little Saturn → location → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front area
Operation Little Saturn → involvedUnit → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
Unternehmen Zitadelle → opposedByUnit → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Army Voronezh Front
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → combatant → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Middle Don offensive → location → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front sector
Middle Don offensive → participant → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → involvedUnit → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front forces
Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Operation Rumyantsev → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Southwestern Front → reorganizedAs → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
40th Army (Red Army) → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
38th Army (Red Army) → subordinateTo → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations → location → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Third Battle of Kharkov → involvedUnit → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Kursk strategic offensive operation → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Chernigov–Pripyat Offensive → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Soviet summer offensives of 1943 → frontInvolved → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Malyi Saturn → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
Battle of Voronezh (1942) → militaryUnitInvolved → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
Commander of the Voronezh Front → appliesTo → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Commander of the Voronezh Front → theater → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh sector of the Eastern Front
6th Guards Army → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh area → partOf → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front sector
Soviet 18th Separate Rifle Corps → front → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
5th Guards Tank Army → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Battle of the Don River (1943) → historicalRegion → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front area
5th Guards Army → subordinateTo → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
53rd Army → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Dnieper Offensive → involvedMilitaryUnit → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
69th Army → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
1st Tank Army → subordinateTo → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Steppe Tank Corps → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
52nd Army (Red Army) → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → commanded → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front
Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army → frontAssignment → Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
subject surface form: 2nd Guards Tank Army
this entity surface form: Voronezh Front