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 ⓘ
Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket → followedBy → Uman–Botoșani Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Uman–Botoșani offensive
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive → subOperation → Uman–Botoșani Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Uman–Botoșani offensive
Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive → followedBy → Uman–Botoșani Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Uman–Botoșani offensive
Red Army operations in Ukraine → includes → Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ
Balta → capturedDuring → Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ
Soviet winter campaign of 1943–1944 → includedOperation → Uman–Botoșani Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Uman–Botoșani offensive