User:Ryan.opel/Chernigov-Poltava Strategic Offensive

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Chernigov-Poltava Strategic Offensive
Date26 August 1943 - 30 September 1943
Location
Left-bank Ukraine
Result Red Army Victory
Belligerents
 Soviet Union  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Soviet UnionGeorgi Zhukov
Soviet UnionKonstantin Rokossovsky
Soviet UnionNikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin
Soviet UnionIvan Konev		 Nazi GermanyErich von Manstein
Nazi GermanyHans Gunther von Kluge
Units involved
Soviet UnionCentral Front
Soviet UnionVoronezh Front
Soviet UnionSteppe Front		 Nazi GermanyArmy Group Center
Nazi GermanyArmy Group South
Strength
1,581,300 troops, 1,200 tanks and self-propelled guns, 30,300 guns and mortars, 690 rocket launchers, 1,450 aircraft 700,000 troops, 1,200 tanks and self-propelled guns, 7,200 guns, 900 aircraft
Casualties and losses
total 427,952 people, 916 guns and mortars, 1,400 tanks , 269 aircraft total 321,000 troops


The Chenigov-Poltava Strategic Offensive (26 August - 30 September 1943) was a strategic offensive conducted by the three Fronts of the Red Army in World War II. The operation was the first phase of the Battle of Dnieper. The operation ended with the German Army almost completely driven from the Left-bank Ukraine and the capture of bridgeheads over the Dnieper River. The strategic offensive is divided into three distinct operations;

Preparation for Battle[edit]

Order of Battle[edit]

Soviet Union[edit]

The three fronts consisted of 1,581,300 troops, 30,300 guns and mortars, 1,200 tanks and self-propelled guns, 690 rocket launchers, 1,450 aircraft . The fronts actions were coordinated by STAVKA Representative Marshal G. Zhukov

Central Front (Field Marshal Rokossovsky)[edit]

579,600 troops assigned.

Voronezh Front (Army General Vatutin)[edit]

665,500 troops assigned.

Steppe Front (General of the Army Konev)[edit]

336,200 troops assigned.

German[edit]

The German forces were composed of 38 divisions, including eight armored and 2 motorized. They had 700,000 soldiers and officers, 7,200 guns and mortars, 1,200 tanks and assault guns, more than 900 aircraft.

Army Group Center (Field Marshal Günther von Kluge Hans)[edit]

  • 2nd Army (commanded by infantry Walter Weiss)
  • elements of the Luftflotte 2 (Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen)

Army Group South (Field Marshal Erich von Manstein)[edit]

Overall superiority of forces on the side of the Red Army . Soviet troops outnumbered the German personnel by 2.1 times, aircraft - by 1.4 times, in guns and mortars - 4 times, the tanks forces were equal.

During the battle, both sides continuously increased their strength. The Soviets added 1 Mechanized Corps, 2 cavalry corps, 14 divisions, and 5 teams(?), the German side - 27 divisions, including 5 panzer and 1 motorized.

Start of the Operation[edit]

Development of the Soviet Offensive[edit]

"The Flight to the Dnieper" and the Capture of the first Bridgeheads[edit]

Results of the Operations and Losses[edit]

References[edit]

  • Russian archives. The Great Patriotic War 1943. Vol 5 (3). - M: "TERRA", 1999. - Documents 303, 311, 312, 320, 322, 331, 332, 334, application - documents 37, 38.
  • Shein DV Tanks is fishing. Fighting the way the 3rd Guards Tank Army. - Moscow: Jauza, Penguin Books, 2007
  • Konev I. Notes Front commander. chapter "Battle of the Dnieper."
  • KK Rokossovsky Soldier's Duty. chapter "Throw the Dnieper."

External links[edit]

[:ru:Черниговско-Полтавская_операция]

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