Battle of the Dnieper

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The Battle of the Dnieper was a major World War II Eastern Front campaign in 1943 in which Soviet forces launched a massive offensive to cross the Dnieper River and liberate much of Ukraine from German occupation.

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Battle of the Dnieper canonical 21
Battle of Kiev (1943) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
battle
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Dnieper Offensive
belligerent Axis powers
Hungary
Nazi Germany
Red Army
Romania
Soviet Union
Wehrmacht
campaignType strategic offensive
commanderForGermanSide Erich von Manstein
commanderForSovietSide Georgy Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Rodion Malinovsky
conflictIn World War II
countryAtTime Soviet Union
endDate 1943-12-23
estimatedForcesEngaged over 4,000,000 soldiers
estimatedSovietCasualties very high
followedBy Chernigov–Pripyat Offensive
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
front Eastern Front
involvedBranch Army Group Centre
surface form: German Army Group Center

Heeresgruppe Süd
surface form: German Army Group South

Luftwaffe
Soviet Air Forces
Soviet Ground Forces
keyCity Cherkasy
Dnipro
Kyiv
surface form: Kiev

Kremenchuk
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
surface form: Zaporizhzhia
location Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Dnieper
surface form: Dnieper River

Ukraine
notableOperation Battle for the Bukrin bridgehead
Lyutezh bridgehead crossing
objective cross the Dnieper River
liberate Kiev
liberate Left-bank Ukraine
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

Soviet summer offensives of 1943
surface form: Soviet strategic offensive operations of 1943
precededBy Battle of Kursk
result Soviet victory
riverCrossed Dnieper
surface form: Dnieper River
scale one of the largest operations in World War II
startDate 1943-08-26
strategicEffect collapse of German defensive line along the Dnieper
liberation of most of Left-bank Ukraine
set conditions for Soviet advance into Right-bank Ukraine
timePeriod 1943

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Battle of Kursk followedBy Battle of the Dnieper
German 4th Panzer Army operation Battle of the Dnieper
this entity surface form: Battle of Kiev (1943)
German 4th Panzer Army operation Battle of the Dnieper
1st Ukrainian Front participatedIn Battle of the Dnieper
Ivan Konev participatedIn Battle of the Dnieper
Soviet Steppe Front operation Battle of the Dnieper
Nikolai Vatutin participatedIn Battle of the Dnieper
40th Army (Red Army) notableOperation Battle of the Dnieper
38th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Battle of the Dnieper
XLVIII Panzer Corps notableEngagement Battle of the Dnieper
Mikhail Shumilov participatedIn Battle of the Dnieper
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front tookPartIn Battle of the Dnieper
subject surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
Chernigov–Pripyat Offensive partOf Battle of the Dnieper
Kiev offensive (1943) partOf Battle of the Dnieper
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive precededBy Battle of the Dnieper
Battle for the Bukrin bridgehead partOf Battle of the Dnieper
Lyutezh bridgehead crossing partOf Battle of the Dnieper
5th Guards Army notableFor Battle of the Dnieper
Dnieper Offensive alsoKnownAs Battle of the Dnieper
Sergei Biryuzov participatedIn Battle of the Dnieper
Defense of the Eastern Front notableEngagement Battle of the Dnieper
Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army tookPartIn Battle of the Dnieper
subject surface form: 2nd Guards Tank Army