Kirovograd offensive
| Kirovograd offensive | |||||||
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German troops and Panzer IV in Ukraine, January 1944 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Soviet Union | Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ivan Konev | Otto Wöhler | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 2nd Ukrainian Front |
8th Army: - XI Army Corps - XXXXVII Panzer Corps - LII Army Corps - GHQ units directly subordinated to the army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 January 1944: - 550,000 personnel in total - 265 tanks - 127 self-propelled guns - 7,136 guns and mortars - 777 anti-aircraft guns - 500 combat aircraft |
Personnel strength on 31 December 1943: - 260,000 personnel in total AFV status on 1 January 1944 Operational: - 110 tanks - 62 assault guns - 71 self-propelled AT guns and artillery pieces In short-term repair: - 132 tanks - 15 assault guns - 35 self-propelled AT guns and artillery pieces | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Exact unknown | Exact unknown | ||||||
The Kirovograd offensive operation (Russian: Кировоградская наступательная операция, Ukrainian: Кіровогра́дська наступа́льна опера́ція), known on the German side as The defensive battle in the Kirovograd area (Die Abwehrschlacht im Raum von Kirowograd), was an offensive by the Red Army's 2nd Ukrainian Front against the German 8th Army of Army Group South in the area of Kirovograd in central Ukraine between 5 and 16 January 1944. It took place on the Eastern Front of World War II and was part of the wider Dnieper–Carpathian offensive, a Soviet attack against Army Group South that aimed to retake the rest of Ukraine west of the Dnieper river, which had been occupied by Germany in 1941.