Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive

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The Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive was a Red Army operation in early 1943 that helped drive German forces back from the Voronezh area as part of the broader Soviet winter counteroffensive on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
campaign 1942–1943 winter campaign on the Eastern Front ⓘ
combatant Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
conflictType offensive operation ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1943-02-17 ⓘ
followed Operation Little Saturn ⓘ
front Bryansk Front ⓘ
Voronezh Front ⓘ
historicalEra World War II ⓘ
location Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Soviet Union ⓘ
Voronezh Oblast ⓘ
militaryBranch Red Army ground forces ⓘ
namedAfter Kastornoye ⓘ
Voronezh ⓘ
objective encirclement of German forces near Kastornoye ⓘ
liberation of Voronezh ⓘ
push German forces westward from the Don River line ⓘ
opposingForce German 2nd Army ⓘ
linked to: German Second Army

German Army Group B elements ⓘ
linked to: German Army Group B
partOf Red Army winter campaign of 1942–1943 ⓘ
Soviet counteroffensives after the Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1942–1943 ⓘ
preceded Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
result German withdrawal from Voronezh area ⓘ
Soviet victory ⓘ
disruption of German defensive line after Stalingrad ⓘ
liberation of Voronezh by Soviet forces ⓘ
side Soviet offensive ⓘ
startDate 1943-01-24 ⓘ
strategicEffect improved Soviet strategic position in southern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
weakened German Army Group B ⓘ
theater Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
timePeriod February 1943 ⓘ
January 1943 ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

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Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 → hasPart → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ
Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 → hasPart → Kharkov offensive operations of early 1943 ⓘ
linked to: Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive
Voronezh Front → engagement → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ
subject linked to: Soviet Voronezh Front
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → followedBy → Voronezh–Kastornoye operation ⓘ
linked to: Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive
Middle Don offensive → followedBy → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ
40th Army (Red Army) → notableOperation → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ
38th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Voronezh–Kastornoye operation ⓘ
linked to: Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive
2nd Army → notableBattle → Voronezh–Kastornoye operations ⓘ
linked to: Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive
Battle of the Don River (1943) → relatedTo → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ
Kastornoye → historicalEventSite → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ
52nd Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ
Soviet winter counteroffensives on the Eastern Front → hasPart → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ