Kirovograd Offensive

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The Kirovograd Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army operation in January 1944 that helped liberate central Ukraine from German occupation during World War II.

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Kirovograd Offensive canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt breaking German defensive lines west of the Dnieper ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
casualtiesSide heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
cityLiberated Kirovograd ⓘ
combatant Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
commandedBy Ivan Konev ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
date January 1944 ⓘ
endDate 1944-01-16 ⓘ
followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive ⓘ
frontlineShift pushed German forces westward in Ukraine ⓘ
GermanUnitInvolved 11th Panzer Division ⓘ
376th Infantry Division ⓘ
3rd Panzer Division ⓘ
historicalRegion Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
location Kirovohrad Oblast ⓘ
central Ukraine ⓘ
modernCityName Kropyvnytskyi ⓘ
objective encirclement and destruction of German forces in the Kirovograd area ⓘ
liberation of Kirovograd ⓘ
opponentFormation 1st Panzer Army ⓘ
8th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
Army Group South ⓘ
partOf Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
significance contributed to collapse of German positions in Right-Bank Ukraine ⓘ
SovietArmyInvolved 53rd Army ⓘ
5th Guards Army ⓘ
5th Guards Tank Army ⓘ
7th Guards Army ⓘ
SovietFrontInvolved 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
4th Ukrainian Front ⓘ
startDate 1944-01-05 ⓘ
strategicEffect liberation of central Ukraine from German occupation ⓘ
weakening of German Army Group South ⓘ
tactic armored breakthrough ⓘ
pincer movement ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ

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2nd Ukrainian Front → tookPartIn → Kirovograd Offensive ⓘ
subject linked to: Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front