The Drive to the Ukraine

The Russian spring offensive of 1944 caught the German High Command by surprise and unprepared. On March 3, 1944, the Russian Forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front attacked from Zvenigorodka through Uman, with a secondary thrust from Kirovograd towards Movoukainka. …

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The Russian spring offensive of 1944 caught the German High Command by surprise and unprepared. On March 3, 1944, the Russian Forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front attacked from Zvenigorodka through Uman, with a secondary thrust from Kirovograd towards Movoukainka. By March 24, in conjunction with the forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front, they cut-off 21 German Divisions in the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket. Elements of the 'Das Reich' Division being among the forces encircled by the Russians. The Command of the I Panzer Army assembled a relief strike force of I 0 Divisions to break the tightening ring The trapped group broke out as the relief force attacked. The Soviet encirclement was broken, and on April 7, the two German groups were able to link up at Buchach in the Ukraine. There the Germans turned to counter-attack the Russians, and were able to bring that sector of the Russian offensive to a halt.

Buchach, Ukraine

The Uman–Botoșani Offensive or Uman–Botoshany offensive was a part of the Dnieper–Carpathian offensive, carried out by the Red Army in the western Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic against the German 8th Army of Army Group South during World War II. Led by Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev, it became one of the most successful Red Army operations of the whole war. In over a month of combat through the deep spring mud and numerous water barriers, the 2nd Ukrainian Front advanced over 300 kilometres (190 mi), cleared German forces from southwestern Ukraine, and entered Romania and Moldova.

Wikipedia: Uman-Botosani Offensive

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