✦ History

Part of Dnieper–Carpathian offensive

Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive

December 24, 1943 – January 14, 1944 · Battle site

Result Soviet victory

Soviet forces attacked German defences between Zhitomir and Berdichev in Ukraine. They advanced about 200 km west and recaptured both towns.

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Nazi Germany

Soviet Union

Germany
Soviet Union
Erich von Manstein military commander Erhard Raus military commander
Georgy Zhukov military commander Nikolai Vatutin military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
831,000

Units

Army Group South 1st Panzer Army 4th Panzer Army
1st Ukrainian Front 18th Army (Soviet Union) 1st Guards Cavalry Corps 9th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 100th Rifle Division 107th Rifle Division 112th Rifle Division 129th Guards Rifle Division 135th Rifle Division 141st Rifle Division 143rd Rifle Division 148th Rifle Division 149th Rifle Division 163rd Rifle Division 183rd Rifle Division 211th Rifle Division 232nd Rifle Division 240th Rifle Division 241st Rifle Division 304th Rifle Division 305th Rifle Division 322nd Rifle Division 336th Rifle Division 395th Rifle Division 68th Guards Rifle Division 8th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

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