Uman–Botoșani offensive

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The Uman–Botoșani offensive was a major 1944 Red Army operation on the Eastern Front that drove German and Romanian forces out of much of southwestern Ukraine and opened the way into Romania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Uman–Botoshany offensive
belligerent Red Army
Romanian Army
Wehrmacht
capturedCity Balta
Botoșani
Mogilev-Podolsky
linked to: Mogilev-Podilskyi

Uman
Vapniarka
commandedBy Ivan Konev
commanderSide 2nd Ukrainian Front
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
countryInvolved Germany
Romania
Soviet Union
endDate 1944-04-17
followedBy Jassy–Kishinev offensive
historicalSignificance contributed to the collapse of German Army Group South in 1944
involvedFormation 27th Army (Soviet Union)
linked to: 27th Army

2nd Ukrainian Front
40th Army (Soviet Union)
52nd Army (Soviet Union)
linked to: 52nd Army

6th Tank Army (Soviet Union)
location Moldavian SSR
southwestern Ukraine
vicinity of Botoșani
vicinity of Uman
objective to advance toward Romania
to drive German and Romanian forces out of southwestern Ukraine
openedTheWayTo Romania
opponent Army Group South
German 6th Army
German 8th Army
Romanian 4th Army
partOf Dnieper–Carpathian offensive
Soviet strategic winter–spring campaign of 1944
precededBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive
result Soviet victory
riverCrossed Dniester River
linked to: Dniester

Prut River
Southern Bug River
startDate 1944-03-05
strategicEffect forced German retreat toward Romania
severed German communications in southwestern Ukraine
weakened Axis defensive line in the Balkans
theater Eastern Front
timePeriod World War II

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40th Army (Red Army) notableOperation Uman–Botoșani offensive
2nd Ukrainian Front tookPartIn Uman–Botoșani Offensive
subject linked to: Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
linked to: Uman–Botoșani offensive
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive followedBy Uman–Botoșani Offensive
linked to: Uman–Botoșani offensive
52nd Army (Red Army) participatedIn Uman–Botoșani offensive
Uman–Botoșani offensive alsoKnownAs Uman–Botoshany offensive
linked to: Uman–Botoșani offensive
Soviet 1944 spring offensives includes Uman–Botoșani offensive