Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket

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The Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket was a major Eastern Front engagement in early 1944 in which Soviet forces encircled and inflicted heavy losses on German troops in Ukraine, contributing significantly to the Wehrmacht’s retreat from the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front engagement ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Korsun Pocket ⓘ
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
breakoutAttemptDate 1944-02-16 ⓘ
campaign Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive ⓘ
conflictIn Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union ⓘ
description Soviet forces encircled a large German force in a pocket near Korsun and Cherkassy in early 1944 ⓘ
endDate 1944-02-16 ⓘ
followedBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ⓘ
Uman–Botoșani Offensive ⓘ
GermanArmyGroup Army Group A ⓘ
Army Group South ⓘ
GermanCasualties tens of thousands killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
GermanCommander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Wilhelm Stemmermann ⓘ
historicalSignificance demonstrated improved Soviet operational encirclement tactics ⓘ
marked the collapse of a major German salient on the Dnieper ⓘ
involvedUnit 5th Guards Tank Army ⓘ
6th Tank Army ⓘ
XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
XLII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
location Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Cherkasy Oblast

near Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
notableFeature heavy use of armor and artillery by both sides ⓘ
large-scale winter encirclement of German forces ⓘ
operationType breakout attempt ⓘ
encirclement ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
pocketFormedOn 1944-01-28 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
SovietCasualties heavy ⓘ
SovietCommander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ
Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ
SovietFront 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ
2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
startDate 1944-01-24 ⓘ
strategicEffect accelerated German retreat from Ukraine ⓘ
weakened Army Group South ⓘ
terrain Dnieper River bend region ⓘ
timePeriod January–February 1944 ⓘ

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Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket ⓘ
XI Army Corps → engagement → Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket ⓘ
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Herbert Gille → participatedIn → Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket ⓘ
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Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Korsun Pocket ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi → wasSiteOf → Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket ⓘ
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