Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation

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World War II Eastern Front operation military offensive

The Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation was a major Red Army campaign in August 1943 that exploited the victory at Kursk to liberate Belgorod and Kharkov, driving German forces back in southern Russia during World War II.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II Eastern Front operation → military offensive →
aim	drive German forces back in southern Russia →
alsoKnownAs	Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov Operation" Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation" Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov strategic offensive operation"
belligerent	Red Army → Wehrmacht →
campaign	Soviet summer offensives of 1943 → surface form: "Soviet summer offensive of 1943"
commander	Ivan Konev → Nikolai Vatutin NERFINISHED → Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
dateEnd	1943-08-23 →
dateStart	1943-08-03 →
followedBy	Soviet advance into the Dnieper region →
follows	German defeat at Kursk →
front	Southwestern Front → Soviet Steppe Front → surface form: "Steppe Front" Soviet Voronezh Front → surface form: "Voronezh Front"
involvedUnit	German 4th Panzer Army → surface form: "4th Panzer Army" Army Group South → Southwestern Front → surface form: "Southwestern Front forces" Soviet Steppe Front → surface form: "Steppe Front forces" Soviet Voronezh Front → surface form: "Voronezh Front forces"
liberatedCity	Belgorod → Kharkiv → surface form: "Kharkov"
location	Belgorod → Kharkiv → surface form: "Kharkov" Soviet Union → southern sector of the Eastern Front →
objective	exploitation of Soviet victory at Kursk → liberation of Belgorod → liberation of Kharkov →
opposingCommander	Erich von Manstein → Hermann Hoth →
partOf	Eastern Front → surface form: "Eastern Front of World War II" Soviet-German Front → surface form: "Soviet–German War" World War II →
precededBy	Battle of Kursk →
result	Soviet victory →
strategicSignificance	marked continuation of Soviet strategic offensive after Kursk → weakened German defensive positions in southern sector of Eastern Front →
theater	Eastern Front →
timePeriod	August 1943 →
year	1943 →

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Operation Rumyantsev → alsoKnownAs → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation"

Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → alsoKnownAs → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation"

Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → alsoKnownAs → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov Operation"

Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → alsoKnownAs → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov strategic offensive operation"

Soviet Voronezh Front → engagement → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

subject surface form: "Voronezh Front"

this entity surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation"

Battle of Kursk → followedBy → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

Operation Citadel → followedBy → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

Operation Kutuzov → followedBy → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

Hungarian 2nd Army → notableBattle → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Voronezh–Kharkov strategic offensive operation"

Soviet Steppe Front → operation → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation"

38th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Kharkov operations"

Mikhail Shumilov → participatedIn → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Belgorod–Kharkov Offensive Operation"

Hungarian 2nd Army → sufferedLossesDuring → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →

this entity surface form: "Voronezh–Kharkov offensive"