Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front

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Red Army formation Soviet front World War II military unit

The Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front was a major Red Army formation in World War II that led large-scale offensives on the Eastern Front, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, against Nazi Germany and its allies.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
2nd Ukrainian Front	36
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front canonical	2
2-й Украинский фронт	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T844650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
Context triple: [Operation Spring Awakening, involvedUnit, Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front]

A. Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front
The Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front was a major Red Army formation in World War II that led key offensives in southeastern Europe, including the liberation of parts of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Austria.
B. 1st Ukrainian Front
The 1st Ukrainian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that played a decisive role in the final offensives against Nazi Germany, including the capture of Berlin.
C. 2nd Belorussian Front
The 2nd Belorussian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that played a key role in the final offensives against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
D. 3rd Belorussian Front
The 3rd Belorussian Front was a major Soviet World War II formation that spearheaded offensives on the Eastern Front, notably in the campaign to liberate Belarus and advance into East Prussia.
E. 1st Belorussian Front
The 1st Belorussian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that led key offensives on the Eastern Front, culminating in the capture of Berlin in 1945.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
Target entity description: The Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front was a major Red Army formation in World War II that led large-scale offensives on the Eastern Front, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, against Nazi Germany and its allies.

A. Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front
The Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front was a major Red Army formation in World War II that led key offensives in southeastern Europe, including the liberation of parts of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Austria.
B. 1st Ukrainian Front
The 1st Ukrainian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that played a decisive role in the final offensives against Nazi Germany, including the capture of Berlin.
C. 2nd Belorussian Front
The 2nd Belorussian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that played a key role in the final offensives against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
D. 3rd Belorussian Front
The 3rd Belorussian Front was a major Soviet World War II formation that spearheaded offensives on the Eastern Front, notably in the campaign to liberate Belarus and advance into East Prussia.
E. 1st Belorussian Front
The 1st Belorussian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that led key offensives on the Eastern Front, culminating in the capture of Berlin in 1945.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army formation ⓘ Soviet front ⓘ World War II military unit ⓘ
alliedWith	1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ 3rd Ukrainian Front ⓘ linked to: Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front Romanian Army (after August 1944) ⓘ linked to: Romanian Land Forces
branch	Ground forces ⓘ
conflict	Second World War ⓘ linked to: World War II
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
disbandmentDate	1945-06 ⓘ
formationDate	1943-10-20 ⓘ
formedFrom	Steppe Front ⓘ linked to: Soviet Steppe Front
headquartersLocation	various locations in Ukraine and later Central Europe ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major contributor to collapse of German Eastern Front in 1944–1945 ⓘ
notableAction	encirclement and destruction of German forces at Korsun–Shevchenkovsky ⓘ encirclement of German Army Group South Ukraine in Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
notableCommander	Fyodor Tolbukhin ⓘ Ivan Konev ⓘ Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ
operationalArea	Austria ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Romania ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
opponent	Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ Kingdom of Romania (until 1944 switch) ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Romania Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf	Red Army ⓘ
role	conducted large-scale offensive operations ⓘ
strategicObjective	advance into Central Europe ⓘ defeat of Axis forces in the Balkans ⓘ liberation of Ukraine ⓘ
subordinateUnit	27th Army ⓘ 40th Army ⓘ 4th Guards Army ⓘ 52nd Army ⓘ 53rd Army ⓘ 5th Guards Air Army ⓘ 6th Guards Tank Army ⓘ 7th Guards Army ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front ⓘ
tookPartIn	Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ Bratislava–Brno Offensive ⓘ Budapest Offensive ⓘ linked to: Siege of Budapest Debrecen Offensive ⓘ linked to: Battle of Debrecen Kirovograd Offensive ⓘ Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive ⓘ Prague Offensive ⓘ Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ linked to: Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive Uman–Botoșani Offensive ⓘ linked to: Uman–Botoșani offensive Vienna Offensive ⓘ

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