Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive

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The Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army operation in late 1943 aimed at liberating the Gomel and Rechitsa regions of Belarus from German occupation during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aim push German forces west of the Dnieper River ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gomel–Rechytsa Offensive ⓘ
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands combined ⓘ
combatantStrength hundreds of thousands of troops combined ⓘ
commander Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
commanderSide Konstantin Rokossovsky, Soviet ⓘ
conductedBy Soviet Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Red Army
conflict Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1943-11-30 ⓘ
followedBy Kalinkovichi–Mozyr Offensive ⓘ
front 1st Belorussian Front ⓘ
Belorussian Front ⓘ
historicalContext part of Soviet autumn–winter campaign of 1943–1944 ⓘ
involvedFormation 48th Army (Red Army) ⓘ
linked to: Soviet 48th Army

61st Army (Red Army) ⓘ
65th Army (Red Army) ⓘ
linked to: Soviet 65th Army

9th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
location Belarus ⓘ
Gomel region ⓘ
linked to: Gomel Region

Rechitsa region ⓘ
eastern Belarus ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Belarus
notableCity Gomel ⓘ
Rechitsa ⓘ
objective expulsion of German forces from eastern Belarus ⓘ
liberation of Gomel ⓘ
liberation of Rechitsa ⓘ
opponent Army Group Center ⓘ
linked to: Army Group Centre
opposedBy German Army Group Center ⓘ
linked to: Army Group Centre
outcome German withdrawal from the Gomel–Rechitsa area ⓘ
liberation of Gomel from German occupation ⓘ
liberation of Rechitsa from German occupation ⓘ
partOf Belorussian strategic offensive operations of 1943 ⓘ
Soviet–German War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy Chernigov–Pripyat Offensive ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
riverCrossing Dnieper River ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper
startDate 1943-11-10 ⓘ
strategicSignificance improved Soviet positions for later operations in Belarus ⓘ
weakened German Army Group Center ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod late 1943 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chernigov–Pripyat Offensive → followedBy → Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive ⓘ
Soviet 3rd Army → participatedIn → Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive ⓘ
Soviet 13th Army → participatedIn → Gomel–Rechitsa offensive ⓘ
linked to: Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive
Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Gomel–Rechytsa Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive
Bryansk offensive → followedBy → Gomel–Rechitsa offensive ⓘ
linked to: Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive