✦ History

Part of World War II

Battle of Uman

July 15 – August 8, 1941 · Zelena Brama

Result Axis victory

German and allied forces encircled the Soviet 6th and 12th Armies near Uman in Ukraine. Over 100,000 Soviet soldiers were captured.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany
Kingdom of Romania
Hungary
Slovak Republic
Soviet Union
Gerd von Rundstedt military commander Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist military commander Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel military commander
Semyon Budyonny military commander Mikhail Kirponos military commander Ivan Tyulenev military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
400,000
Casualties
20,853
Tanks
600
Strength
300,000
Casualties
203,000
Tanks
317

Units

Army Group South 17th Army (Wehrmacht) 1st Panzer Army 6th Army (Wehrmacht) Third Army (Romania) LII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) V Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 111th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 125th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 24th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 295th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
12th Army (Soviet Union) 18th Army (Soviet Union) 26th Army (Soviet Union) 6th Guards Combined Arms Army 24th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 2nd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 130th Rifle Division 140th Rifle Division 141st Rifle Division 15th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 169th Rifle Division 189th Rifle Division 190th Rifle Division 192nd Mountain Rifle Division 196th Rifle Division 197th Rifle Division 216th Rifle Division 223rd Rifle Division 240th Rifle Division 60th Mountain Rifle Division 72nd Mountain Rifle Division 77th Guards Rifle Division