Kiev offensive (1943)

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The Kiev offensive (1943) was a major World War II Red Army operation that liberated the Ukrainian capital of Kiev from German occupation as part of the broader Eastern Front counteroffensives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front operation ⓘ
World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt expanding the Soviet bridgehead over the Dnieper River ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle for Kiev (1943) ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
characterizedBy large-scale armored operations ⓘ
urban combat in and around Kiev ⓘ
commander Ivan Konev ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
date November–December 1943 ⓘ
endDate 1943-12-22 ⓘ
followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive ⓘ
Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive ⓘ
front 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
involvedUnit 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
4th Panzer Army ⓘ
Army Group South ⓘ
liberated Kiev ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv
location Kiev ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv

Soviet Union ⓘ
Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
notableFor recapture of a major European capital by the Red Army ⓘ
objective liberation of Kiev ⓘ
opposingCommander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Hans-Valentin Hube ⓘ
Hermann Hoth ⓘ
partOf Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper Offensive

Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
precededBy Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Lower Dnieper Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper Offensive
result Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1943-11-03 ⓘ
strategicEffect pushed German forces west of the Dnieper River in central Ukraine ⓘ
weakened German Army Group South ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

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Soviet 60th Army → operationParticipatedIn → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
Soviet 60th Army → notableBattle → Battle of Kiev (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Nikolai Vatutin → participatedIn → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
40th Army (Red Army) → notableOperation → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
38th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
38th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Kiev defensive operation (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Chernigov–Pripyat Offensive → followedBy → Kiev Offensive (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Kiev offensive (1943) → alsoKnownAs → Battle for Kiev (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Battle for the Bukrin bridgehead → relatedTo → Battle of Kiev (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Lyutezh bridgehead crossing → partOf → Kyiv offensive (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive → precededBy → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → notableWork → Battle of Kiev (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → participatedIn → Battle of Kiev (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union → notableBattle → Battle of Kiev (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II → hasPart → Battle of Kiev (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Tomb of Nikolai Vatutin → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Kyiv (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)
Red Army operations in Ukraine → includes → Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ
Red Army operations in Ukraine → includes → Battle of Kiev (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Kiev offensive (1943)