Escape from Encirclement

Large numbers of Russian men and material had been cut off and surrounded in a pocket centered on Uman, near Kiev. The encircled Russians, searching for a means to escape, had already attempted to break out to the east with disastrous results. To the south, however, the Dneiper …

1941-08-03

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Large numbers of Russian men and material had been cut off and surrounded in a pocket centered on Uman, near Kiev. The encircled Russians, searching for a means to escape, had already attempted to break out to the east with disastrous results. To the south, however, the Dneiper River bend was still held by strong Russian units. Barring access to the sector was Gebirgskorps XLIX, comprised primarily of battle-tested but exhausted mountain troops. In desperation, the remnants of three Russian armies wheeled south to attempt a breakout.

Podvyssokoya-Peregonorka, Russia

The Battle of Uman was the German offensive operation against the 6th and 12th Soviet Armies, under the command of Lieutenant General I. N. Muzychenko and Major General P. G. Ponedelin, respectively. The battle occurred during the Kiev defensive operation between the elements of the Red Army's Southwestern Front, retreating from the Lwow salient, and German Army Group South commanded by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, as part of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front during World War II. The Soviet forces were under overall command of the Southwestern Direction, commanded by Marshal Semyon Budyonny, which included the Southwestern Front commanded by Colonel General Mikhail Kirponos and Southern Front commanded by General Ivan Tyulenev. The battle finished by the encirclement and annihilation of the 6th and 12th armies southeast of Uman.

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Russian

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