Battle of Kiev (1941)

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The Battle of Kiev (1941) was a major World War II Eastern Front encirclement in which German forces destroyed a large portion of the Soviet Southwestern Front, resulting in one of the Red Army’s most catastrophic defeats.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Kiev (1941) (The Battle of Kiev (1941) was a major World War II Eastern Front encirclement in which German forces destroyed a large portion of the Soviet Southwestern Front, resulting in one of the Red Army’s most catastrophic defeats.)

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Kiev (1941) canonical 27
Kiev encirclement (1941) 2
Kiev defensive operation (1941) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
encirclement battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kiev encirclement ⓘ
belligerent Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers captured ⓘ
large Soviet equipment losses ⓘ
significantly lower German casualties than Soviet casualties ⓘ
cityOutcome German occupation of Kiev ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1941-09-26 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Moscow ⓘ
GermanArmyGroup Army Group Center ⓘ
linked to: Army Group Centre

Army Group South ⓘ
GermanCommander Ewald von Kleist ⓘ
Fedor von Bock ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Heinz Guderian ⓘ
GermanObjective encircle Soviet forces east of Kiev ⓘ
secure the Dnieper River line ⓘ
location Kiev ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv

Soviet Union ⓘ
Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
notableFeature largest encirclement in military history at the time ⓘ
one of the Red Army’s most catastrophic defeats ⓘ
operation Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
precededBy Battle of Uman ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
encirclement of Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ
major Soviet defeat ⓘ
SovietCommander Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Mikhail Kirponos ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Semyon Budyonny ⓘ
Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
SovietCommanderRole Stalin overruled withdrawal proposals ⓘ
SovietFront Southern Front ⓘ
Southwestern Front ⓘ
SovietObjective defend Kiev ⓘ
hold Southwestern Front positions ⓘ
startDate 1941-08-23 ⓘ
strategicImpact delayed German advance toward Moscow ⓘ
destroyed much of the Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

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

German 4th Panzer Army → operation → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Soviet Southwestern Front → notableEngagement → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Heeresgruppe Süd → participatedIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Unternehmen Barbarossa → notableBattle → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Axis forces on the Eastern Front → engagedIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Ewald von Kleist → participantIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Army Group South → operation → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Walther von Reichenau → participantIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Southwestern Front → tookPartIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Battle of Kiev (1941) → alsoKnownAs → Kiev encirclement ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kiev (1941)
Donbass defensive operations (1941) → precededBy → Kiev defensive operation (1941) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kiev (1941)
38th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Battle of Uman → followedBy → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Vyazma pocket → relatedEvent → Kiev encirclement (1941) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kiev (1941)
Bryansk pocket → relatedTo → Kiev encirclement (1941) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kiev (1941)
2nd Panzer Army → participatedIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Panzer Group von Kleist → tookPartIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Commander of Army Group South → associatedCampaign → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa southern sector → majorBattle → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Battle of Brody (1941) → followedBy → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
XI Army Corps → engagement → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
German 2nd Panzer Group → operation → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
German 2nd Army → participatedIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
XLVII Panzer Corps → operation → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht) → notableOperation → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
13th Panzer Division → engagement → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War II → majorBattle → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
13th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) → tookPartIn → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ
First Battle of Rostov → precededBy → Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ