Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive

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World War II battle military offensive

The Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive was a Red Army operation in early 1943 that helped drive German forces back from the Voronezh area as part of the broader Soviet winter counteroffensive on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → military offensive →
belligerent	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
campaign	1942–1943 winter campaign on the Eastern Front →
combatant	Red Army → Wehrmacht →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) →
conflictType	offensive operation →
countryInvolved	Germany → Soviet Union →
endDate	1943-02-17 →
followed	Operation Little Saturn →
front	Bryansk Front → Voronezh Front →
historicalEra	World War II →
location	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → Soviet Union → Voronezh Oblast →
militaryBranch	Red Army ground forces →
namedAfter	Kastornoye → Voronezh →
objective	encirclement of German forces near Kastornoye → liberation of Voronezh → push German forces westward from the Don River line →
opposingForce	German 2nd Army → German Army Group B elements →
partOf	Red Army winter campaign of 1942–1943 → Soviet counteroffensives after the Battle of Stalingrad → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1942–1943 →
preceded	Third Battle of Kharkov →
result	German withdrawal from Voronezh area → Soviet victory → disruption of German defensive line after Stalingrad → liberation of Voronezh by Soviet forces →
side	Soviet offensive →
startDate	1943-01-24 →
strategicEffect	improved Soviet strategic position in southern sector of Eastern Front → weakened German Army Group B →
theater	Eastern Front of World War II →
timePeriod	February 1943 → January 1943 →
year	1943 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Middle Don offensive → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ("Voronezh–Kastornoye operation") →	followedBy
Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 → Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 ("Kharkov offensive operations of early 1943") →	hasPart
Voronezh Front →	engagement
40th Army (Red Army) →	notableOperation
38th Army (Red Army) ("Voronezh–Kastornoye operation") →	participatedIn