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Battle of Cherkassy Pocket
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Cherkassy_Pocket
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
Battle of Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Pocket
gptkbp:casualties_(Axis)
~30,000 killed, wounded, or captured
gptkbp:casualties_(Soviet)
~80,000 killed, wounded, or missing
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Ivan_Konev
gptkb:Arthur_Hauffe
gptkb:Wilhelm_Stemmermann
gptkbp:conflict
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date
24 January 1944 – 16 February 1944
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Uman–Botoșani_Offensive
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Battle of Cherkassy Pocket
gptkbp:location
Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
gptkbp:notableEvent
Encirclement of German forces
German breakout attempt
gptkbp:notableUnit
gptkb:5th_Guards_Tank_Army
gptkb:2nd_Ukrainian_Front
gptkb:1st_Ukrainian_Front
gptkb:SS_Division_Wiking
XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
gptkbp:numberOfTroops_(Axis)
~60,000
gptkbp:numberOfTroops_(Soviet)
~200,000
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:Dnieper–Carpathian_Offensive
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Battle_of_Kiev_(1941)
gptkbp:result
Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance
Major encirclement battle on the Eastern Front
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:SS_Division_Wiking
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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