Battle of Uman

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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.

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Battle of Uman canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military encirclement
alsoKnownAs Uman pocket
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
campaign Operation Barbarossa
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 Operation Barbarossa
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union
involvedUnit German 1st Panzer Army
surface form: German 1st Panzer Group

German 6th Army
Soviet 12th Army
Soviet 18th Army
6th Army (Red Army)
surface form: Soviet 6th Army
location Ukraine
near Uman
natureOfDefeat large Soviet encirclement
notableFeature rapid German armored encirclement
operation Operation Barbarossa southern sector
surface form: German Army Group South offensive
outcome destruction of major Soviet forces in Ukraine
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: 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

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Heeresgruppe Süd participatedIn Battle of Uman
Army Group South operation Battle of Uman
Southwestern Front tookPartIn Battle of Uman
Battle of Kiev (1941) precededBy Battle of Uman
Panzer Group von Kleist tookPartIn Battle of Uman
52nd Army (Red Army) participatedIn Battle of Uman
Uman pocket partOf Battle of Uman
XI Army Corps engagement Battle of Uman