Southwestern Front

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Red Army formation Soviet front military unit

The Southwestern Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation that conducted key operations on the Eastern Front during World War II, particularly in Ukraine and the southern sector against Nazi Germany.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Southwestern Front canonical	18
Southwestern Front forces	1
Southwestern sector of the Eastern Front	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army formation ⓘ Soviet front ⓘ military unit ⓘ
branch	Ground forces ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
disbanded	1943 ⓘ
formed	1941 ⓘ
frontCommander	Mikhail Kirponos ⓘ Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
includedFormationType	armies ⓘ corps ⓘ divisions ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Russian ⓘ
mainAreaOfOperations	Ukraine ⓘ southern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
notableEvent	encirclement and destruction of large Soviet forces near Kiev in 1941 ⓘ heavy losses during the Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
notableSubordinateFormation	12th Army (Red Army) ⓘ surface form: 12th Army (Soviet Union) 26th Army (Red Army) ⓘ surface form: 26th Army (Soviet Union) 5th Army (Red Army) ⓘ surface form: 5th Army (Soviet Union) 6th Army (Red Army) ⓘ surface form: 6th Army (Soviet Union)
opponent	Nazi Germany ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	Red Army ⓘ
predecessor	Kiev Special Military District ⓘ
primaryAdversaryFormation	Army Group A ⓘ Army Group B ⓘ Army Group South ⓘ
reorganizedAs	Soviet Steppe Front ⓘ surface form: Steppe Front Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ surface form: Voronezh Front
role	strategic operational-level command ⓘ
subordinateTo	Soviet High Command ⓘ Stavka ⓘ
task	conduct of offensive operations in Ukraine ⓘ defense of southwestern USSR ⓘ
theater	Eastern Front ⓘ
tookPartIn	Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ Battle of Uman ⓘ Donbass defensive operations (1941) ⓘ surface form: Donbass defensive operations Kharkov operations ⓘ Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ Stalingrad strategic defensive operations (flank sector) ⓘ surface form: Stalingrad strategic area operations Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ⓘ border battles of June 1941 ⓘ initial phase of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Soviet Don Front → formedFrom → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Operation Uranus → frontInvolved → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Operation Koltso → militaryUnit → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Soviet Voronezh Front → formedFrom → Southwestern Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Voronezh Front

Middle Don offensive → participant → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → front → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → involvedUnit → Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Front forces

Battle of Kiev (1941) → SovietFront → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Kiev Special Military District → followedBy → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Kiev Special Military District → servedAsOrganizationalBasisFor → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Southwestern Front Air Forces → subordinateTo → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Southwestern Front Air Forces → theater → Southwestern Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern sector of the Eastern Front

40th Army (Red Army) → frontAssignment → Southwestern Front ⓘ

38th Army (Red Army) → subordinateTo → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Third Battle of Kharkov → involvedUnit → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Soviet summer offensives of 1943 → frontInvolved → Southwestern Front ⓘ

KOVO → successor → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Soviet 18th Army → subordinateTo → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → commanded → Southwestern Front ⓘ

Soviet 57th Army → frontAssignment → Southwestern Front ⓘ