✦ History

Kirovograd offensive

January 5–16, 1944

Result Soviet victory

The Red Army's 2nd Ukrainian Front attacked German forces near Kirovograd in central Ukraine. It took the city and pushed the Germans back.

Contemporaries

Soviet Union

Germany

Soviet Union
Germany
Ivan Konev military commander

Units

2nd Ukrainian Front 110th Guards Rifle Division 138th Rifle Division 214th Rifle Division 223rd Rifle Division 233rd Rifle Division 409th Rifle Division 41st Guards Rifle Division 69th Guards Rifle Division 73rd Guards Rifle Division 93rd Rifle Division (1942–1946) 95th Guards Rifle Division
Army Group South 8th Army (Wehrmacht) LII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XLVII Panzer Corps 320th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)