✦ History

Part of World War II, Eastern Front (World War II), Operation Barbarossa

Battle of Kiev (1941)

August 7 – September 26, 1941 · Kyiv

Result German victory

German forces encircled a large Soviet army group east of Kiev. Over half a million Soviet soldiers were killed or captured.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany
Soviet Union
Gerd von Rundstedt military commander Eberhard von Mackensen military commander Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist military commander Walter von Reichenau military commander Heinz Guderian military commander
Semyon Timoshenko military commander Semyon Budyonny military commander Mikhail Kirponos military commander

Strength and losses

Aircraft lost
c. 343

Units

Army Group South 1st Panzer Army 6th Army (Wehrmacht) LII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) LV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXIX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 112th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 125th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 168th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 16th Panzer Division 24th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 296th Infantry Division 297th Infantry Division 57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 62nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 71st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 75th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
21st Army (Soviet Union) 37th Army (Soviet Union) 38th Army (Soviet Union) 1st Airborne Corps (Soviet Union) 2nd Airborne Corps (Soviet Union) 9th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 109th Motorized Division 116th Rifle Division 124th Rifle Division 131st Rifle Division 135th Rifle Division 146th Rifle Division 147th Rifle Division 151st Rifle Division 159th Rifle Division (1940–1941) 164th Rifle Division 165th Rifle Division 169th Rifle Division 171st Rifle Division 175th Rifle Division 187th Rifle Division 195th Rifle Division 196th Rifle Division 199th Rifle Division 200th Rifle Division 206th Rifle Division 212th Rifle Division 218th Rifle Division 219th Rifle Division 226th Rifle Division 227th Rifle Division 228th Rifle Division 230th Rifle Division 232nd Rifle Division 253rd Rifle Division 255th Rifle Division 284th Rifle Division 289th Rifle Division 28th Rifle Division 293rd Rifle Division 300th Rifle Division 301st Rifle Division 304th Rifle Division 42nd Rifle Division 55th Rifle Division 62nd Rifle Division 7th Rifle Division 97th Rifle Division

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