Battle of Uman

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battle military encirclement

The Battle of Uman was a major World War II encirclement in 1941 in which German forces trapped and destroyed large Soviet armies in Ukraine during Operation Barbarossa.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military encirclement →
alsoKnownAs	Uman pocket →
belligerent	Red Army → Wehrmacht →
campaign	1941 German summer campaign in the USSR →
combatantStrength	hundreds of thousands of troops involved →
commander	Ewald von Kleist → Ivan Tyulenev → Mikhail Kirponos → Walther von Reichenau →
conflict	World War II →
consequence	further German advance into Ukraine → heavy Soviet personnel losses →
countryInvolved	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
encirclementOf	Soviet Southwestern Front forces →
endDate	1941-08-08 →
followedBy	Battle of Kiev (1941) →
front	Southern sector of the Eastern Front →
geographicalContext	fought between the Southern Bug and Dnieper rivers →
historicalPeriod	German invasion of the Soviet Union →
involvedUnit	German 1st Panzer Group → German 6th Army → Soviet 12th Army → Soviet 18th Army → Soviet 6th Army →
location	Ukraine → near Uman →
natureOfDefeat	large Soviet encirclement →
notableFeature	rapid German armored encirclement →
operation	German Army Group South offensive →
outcome	destruction of major Soviet forces in Ukraine →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II → Operation Barbarossa →
precededBy	Battle of Brody (1941) →
primaryAxisOfAdvance	southward advance of Army Group South →
region	Right-bank Ukraine →
result	German victory →
startDate	1941-07-15 →
strategicObjective	to encircle Soviet forces retreating from western Ukraine →
surrender	large numbers of Soviet troops captured →
theater	European theatre of World War II →
typeOfEngagement	land battle →
year	1941 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Soviet Southwestern Front →	notableEngagement
Army Group South →	operation
Heeresgruppe Süd →	participatedIn
Battle of Kiev (1941) →	precededBy
Southwestern Front →	tookPartIn