Dnieper Offensive
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The Dnieper Offensive was a major World War II Soviet campaign in 1943 that forced a crossing of the Dnieper River and liberated much of eastern Ukraine from German occupation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive | 4 |
| Lower Dnieper Offensive | 2 |
| Lower Dnieper offensive | 2 |
| Dnieper Offensive canonical | 1 |
| Soviet Dnieper–Carpathian offensive | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1753032 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Dnieper Offensive Context triple: [Battle of the Dnieper, alsoKnownAs, Dnieper Offensive]
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A.
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
The Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive was a major Red Army operation in early 1944 that encircled and destroyed a large German force in Ukraine, contributing significantly to the Soviet advance on the Eastern Front in World War II.
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Velikiye Luki offensive
The Velikiye Luki offensive was a major Soviet World War II operation in late 1942–early 1943 aimed at encircling and recapturing the strategically important city of Velikiye Luki from German forces.
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Lublin–Brest Offensive
The Lublin–Brest Offensive was a major 1944 Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in World War II that pushed German forces westward through eastern Poland and Belarus, helping pave the way for the liberation of Warsaw and the advance into central Europe.
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Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
The Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation was a major Red Army campaign in August 1943 that exploited the victory at Kursk to liberate Belgorod and Kharkov, driving German forces back in southern Russia during World War II.
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Orel offensive operation
The Orel offensive operation, known as Operation Kutuzov, was a major Soviet counteroffensive in July–August 1943 that aimed to eliminate the German-held Orel salient following the Battle of Kursk during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Dnieper Offensive Target entity description: The Dnieper Offensive was a major World War II Soviet campaign in 1943 that forced a crossing of the Dnieper River and liberated much of eastern Ukraine from German occupation.
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A.
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
The Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive was a major Red Army operation in early 1944 that encircled and destroyed a large German force in Ukraine, contributing significantly to the Soviet advance on the Eastern Front in World War II.
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B.
Velikiye Luki offensive
The Velikiye Luki offensive was a major Soviet World War II operation in late 1942–early 1943 aimed at encircling and recapturing the strategically important city of Velikiye Luki from German forces.
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C.
Lublin–Brest Offensive
The Lublin–Brest Offensive was a major 1944 Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in World War II that pushed German forces westward through eastern Poland and Belarus, helping pave the way for the liberation of Warsaw and the advance into central Europe.
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D.
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
The Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation was a major Red Army campaign in August 1943 that exploited the victory at Kursk to liberate Belgorod and Kharkov, driving German forces back in southern Russia during World War II.
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E.
Orel offensive operation
The Orel offensive operation, known as Operation Kutuzov, was a major Soviet counteroffensive in July–August 1943 that aimed to eliminate the German-held Orel salient following the Battle of Kursk during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II campaign
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military offensive ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Axis powers
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Hungary ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Romania ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| casualties | very high on both sides ⓘ |
| combatant |
Red Army
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| commander |
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
NERFINISHED
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Fyodor Tolbukhin NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Ivan Konev ⓘ Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
|
| countryInvolved |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
German Reich
Soviet Union ⓘ Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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| endDate | 1943-12-23 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
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Right-bank Ukraine offensive operations ⓘ |
| involvedMilitaryUnit |
1st Ukrainian Front
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Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form:
2nd Ukrainian Front
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form:
3rd Ukrainian Front
4th Ukrainian Front ⓘ Soviet Central Front ⓘ
surface form:
Central Front (Red Army)
Soviet Steppe Front ⓘ
surface form:
Steppe Front
Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
surface form:
Voronezh Front
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| location |
Dnieper
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surface form:
Dnieper River
Ukraine ⓘ central Ukraine ⓘ eastern Ukraine ⓘ |
| objective |
force crossing of the Dnieper River
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liberate eastern Ukraine from German occupation ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Erich von Manstein
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Ewald von Kleist ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Front of World War II
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World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Kursk strategic offensive operation
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surface form:
Kursk Offensive
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| result |
German retreat from the Left-bank Ukraine
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Soviet victory ⓘ establishment of Soviet bridgeheads on the western bank of the Dnieper ⓘ liberation of much of eastern Ukraine ⓘ |
| startDate | 1943-08-26 ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
broke German defensive line along the Dnieper River
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shifted strategic initiative on the Eastern Front to the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| theatre | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| year | 1943 ⓘ |
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Subject: Dnieper Offensive Description of subject: The Dnieper Offensive was a major World War II Soviet campaign in 1943 that forced a crossing of the Dnieper River and liberated much of eastern Ukraine from German occupation.
Referenced by (10)
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