Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive
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The Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive was a major 1944 Soviet Red Army operation that drove German forces from key industrial and mining regions in southern Ukraine during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II Eastern Front operation
ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
destroying German Nikopol salient
ⓘ
shortening Soviet front line along the Dnieper ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Red Army
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| category |
Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War
ⓘ
Military operations of World War II involving the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| combatantStrength | hundreds of thousands of troops on each side ⓘ |
| commander |
Fyodor Tolbukhin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateEvent |
Kryvyi Rih liberated on 1944-02-22
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Nikopol liberated on 1944-02-08 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1944-02-29 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Uman–Botoșani Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontLineChange | pushed German front westward from Dnieper ⓘ |
| involvedArm |
air forces
ⓘ
armor ⓘ artillery ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| location |
Kryvyi Rih
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nikopol NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Ukraine ⓘ |
| objective |
capture of Kryvyi Rih industrial region
ⓘ
expulsion of German forces from southern Dnieper bend ⓘ liberation of Nikopol manganese basin ⓘ |
| opponent | Army Group South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Erich von Manstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karl-Adolf Hollidt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome |
German withdrawal from Nikopol bridgehead
ⓘ
liberation of Kryvyi Rih by Soviet forces ⓘ |
| participatingUnit |
17th Army (Wehrmacht)
NERFINISHED
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3rd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ 4th Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ 6th Army (Wehrmacht) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of the Dnieper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Soviet victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1944-01-30 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of iron ore and heavy industry
ⓘ
control of manganese ore deposits ⓘ |
| theater | southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| typeOfOperation | combined arms offensive ⓘ |
| year | 1944 ⓘ |
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