Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive

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The Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive was a major Red Army operation in early 1944 that helped drive German forces out of western Ukraine and advance the Soviet front toward Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front operation
military offensive
aimedAt destroying German Army Group South
alsoKnownAs Proskuriv–Chernivtsi Offensive
Proskurov–Chernivtsi Operation
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
combatant Red Army
Wehrmacht
commandedBy Ivan Konev
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1944-04-17
followedBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
front 1st Ukrainian Front
involvedUnit 1st Guards Army
1st Panzer Army
38th Army
4th Panzer Army
4th Tank Army
60th Army
linked to: Soviet 60th Army
location Eastern Front
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Ukraine

western Ukraine
linked to: Western Ukraine
notableFor large-scale encirclement of German forces
major Soviet operational success in Ukraine in 1944
objective advance Soviet front toward Eastern Europe
drive German forces out of western Ukraine
opposedBy Erich Model
Hans-Valentin Hube
partOf Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
linked to: Dnieper Offensive

Soviet winter–spring campaign of 1944
precededBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
result Soviet victory
resultedIn Kamianets-Podilskyi pocket
encirclement of German forces near Kamianets-Podilskyi
liberation of Chernovtsy
liberation of Proskurov
severing of German communications in western Ukraine
startDate 1944-03-04
strategicEffect collapse of German front in southwestern Ukraine
facilitating Soviet advance into Romania
opening the way to the Carpathian Mountains
target German Army Group South
linked to: Heeresgruppe Süd
theater Eastern Front of World War II
linked to: Eastern Front
timePeriod early 1944

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Soviet 60th Army operationParticipatedIn Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
8th Guards Army participatedIn Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
linked to: Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
Army Group South operation Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive (as defender)
linked to: Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
38th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Proskurov–Chernovtsy offensive
linked to: Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive alsoKnownAs Proskuriv–Chernivtsi Offensive
linked to: Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive alsoKnownAs Proskurov–Chernivtsi Operation
linked to: Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive followedBy Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
Soviet 1944 spring offensives includes Proskurov–Chernovtsy offensive
linked to: Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive