Chernigov Offensive (1943)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:aftermath Further_Soviet_advances_into_Ukraine
gptkbp:casualties High for both sides
gptkbp:celebrates Military history studies
Memorials_in_Ukraine
gptkbp:climate Summer weather
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:General_Nikolai_Vatutin
gptkbp:date 1943
gptkbp:duration July 1943 to August 1943
gptkbp:flavorProfile Declining morale among troops
gptkbp:followedBy Battle of the Dnieper
gptkbp:historicalContext Part_of_the_larger_Soviet_summer_offensive
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Eyewitness accounts
Military archives
Post-war analyses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chernigov Offensive (1943)
gptkbp:impact Contributed_to_the_decline_of_German_forces_in_Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:intelligence gptkb:Soviet_reconnaissance
gptkbp:involved gptkb:2nd_Guards_Army
1st Ukrainian Front
3rd_Guards_Tank_Army
4th_Guards_Army
gptkbp:landscape Urban and rural areas
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chernigov,_Ukraine
gptkbp:logistics Soviet_supply_lines
gptkbp:notable_player Heavily fortified positions
gptkbp:outcome Soviet_forces_advanced_westward
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkbp:relatedEvent Operation Bagration
Battle of Smolensk (1943)
Battle of Kharkov (1943)
Battle of the Dnieper (1943)
Battle_of_Zhitomir_(1943)
gptkbp:result Soviet_victory
gptkbp:scope Capture_of_Chernigov
gptkbp:significance Strategic_advantage_for_the_Soviets
gptkbp:tactics Encirclement
Combined arms operations
Retreat and regrouping
Defensive counterattacks
gptkbp:title Air support operations
High morale among troops
Massed artillery fire
gptkbp:type Offensive operation