✦ History

Part of World War II, Dnieper–Carpathian offensive

Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy

January 24 – February 17, 1944 · Cherkasy

Result Soviet victory

Soviet forces encircled two German army corps near Korsun in Ukraine. Part of the trapped force broke out, but the Germans lost many men and most of their equipment.

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Axis

Allies

Germany
Soviet Union
Erich von Manstein military commander Hermann Breith military commander Otto Wöhler military commander
Georgy Zhukov military commander Nikolai Vatutin military commander Ivan Konev military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
336,700
Casualties
c. 80,188
Tanks lost
728
Aircraft
1,054

Units

Army Group South 1st Panzer Army VII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 11th Panzer Division 16th Panzer Division 17th Panzer Division 198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 255th Infantry Division 57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 6th Panzer Division 88th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
1st Ukrainian Front 2nd Ukrainian Front 27th Army (Soviet Union) 4th Guards Army 53rd Army (Soviet Union) 5th Guards Tank Army 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps 116th Rifle Division 138th Rifle Division 163rd Rifle Division 202nd Rifle Division 206th Rifle Division 2nd Guards Airborne Division 337th Rifle Division 359th Rifle Division 373rd Rifle Division 375th Rifle Division 41st Guards Rifle Division 62nd Guards Rifle Division 69th Guards Rifle Division 6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 78th Guards Rifle Division 89th Guards Rifle Division 2nd Air Army

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