Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive

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The Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive was a major Soviet Red Army operation in late 1943–early 1944 that helped drive German forces westward from Right-Bank Ukraine during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation
military offensive
aimedAt German defensive positions in Right-Bank Ukraine
alsoKnownAs Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive
surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev operation

Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive
surface form: Zhytomyr–Berdychiv offensive
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
campaign Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian campaign
combatant 1st Ukrainian Front
Heeresgruppe Süd
surface form: German Army Group South
commander Nikolai Vatutin NERFINISHED
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
conflictType land offensive
continent Europe
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1944-01-14
era 20th century
followedBy Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
surface form: Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive
front 1st Ukrainian Front
geopoliticalContext German occupation of Ukraine
historicalRegion Right-bank of the Dnieper River
location Berdichev
Right-bank Ukraine
surface form: Right-Bank Ukraine

Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Zhytomyr
surface form: Zhitomir
militaryBranch Soviet Ground Forces
surface form: Red Army ground forces
notableFor contributing to the liberation of western Ukraine from German control
objective drive German forces westward from Right-Bank Ukraine
liberation of parts of Right-Bank Ukraine
opponent Army Group South
opposingSide Axis powers
partOf Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian offensive

Soviet winter campaign of 1943–1944
World War II
precededBy Kiev offensive (1943)
result Soviet victory
side Allies of World War II
startDate 1943-12-24
strategicEffect pushed German front line westward in Ukraine
weakened German Army Group South
theater Eastern Front
timePeriod early 1944
late 1943
war World War II
surface form: Second World War

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38th Army (Red Army) participatedIn Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive
Kiev offensive (1943) followedBy Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive
this entity surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
3rd Guards Tank Army engagedIn Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive
this entity surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive alsoKnownAs Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive
this entity surface form: Zhytomyr–Berdychiv offensive
Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive alsoKnownAs Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive
this entity surface form: Zhitomir–Berdichev operation