Southwestern Front
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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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| 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
NERFINISHED
→
Nikolai Vatutin NERFINISHED → Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED → 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"
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| 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 (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Voronezh Front"
this entity surface form: "Southwestern Front forces"
this entity surface form: "Southwestern sector of the Eastern Front"