Battle of Brody (1941)

June 23–30, 1941 · Brody

Result German victory

German panzer forces fought a large Soviet tank counterattack around Dubno, Lutsk and Brody in western Ukraine. The Soviets lost most of their tanks, but the fighting slowed the German advance.

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Allies

Axis

Soviet Union

Germany

Mikhail Kirponos military commander

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist military commander

Strength and losses

Tanks: 3,500

Units

Southwestern Front (Soviet Union) 4th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 8th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 9th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 124th Rifle Division 131st Rifle Division 140th Rifle Division 212th Rifle Division 228th Rifle Division 34th Tank Division

Army Group South 1st Panzer Army III Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XIV Panzer Corps XXXXVIII Panzer Corps LV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) V Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 111th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 16th Panzer Division