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1st Ukrainian Front
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| Front information |
| The 1st Ukrainian Front was formed on 20.10.1943 as a result of renaming the Voronezh Front. It took part in the Kiev and Zhitomir-Berdichev offensive operations in the autumn of 1943. During the winter of 1943-1944 the left flank of the 1st Ukrainian Front participated in the Korsun-Chevchenkovsky operation (Battle of Cherkassy), while the right flank conducted the Rovno-Lutsk operation. During the Soviet summeroffensive the 1st Ukrainian Front liberated the Ukraine and managed to seize a bridgehead on the leftbank of the River Weichsel (Lvov-Sandomierz operation). In the autumn of 1944 the left flank of the 1st Ukrainian Front assisted in the Czechoslowak Uprising. In the opening months of 1945 the 1st Ukrainian Front advanced to the river Oder and cleared their left flank by seizing Upper and Lower Silesia. During April and May 1945 forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front took part in the Battle of Berlin, the advance to Leipzig and Dresden and finally the Prague operation. On 10.06.1945 the 1st Ukrainian Front was disbanded and parts were deployed in the Soviet Occupation Zone (East-Germany). | |
| Activated | 20.10.1943 |
| Disbanded | 10.06.1945 |
| Kiev | in WWII |
| Zhitomir-Berdichev | in WWII |
| Rovno-Lutsk | in WWII |
| Korsun-Shevchenkovsky | in WWII |
| Lvov-Sandomierz | in WWII |
| Dukla Pass-Carpathians | in WWII |
| Weichsel-Oder | in WWII |
| Silesia | in WWII |
| Berlin | in WWII |
| Dresden-Leipzig | in WWII |
| Prague | in WWII |
| 20.10.1943-02.03.1944 | General of the Army N.F. Vatutin |
| 02.03.1944-24.05.1944 | Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov |
| 24.05.1944-10.06.1945 | Marshal of the Soviet Union I.S. Koniev |
| 20.10.1943-00.11.1943 | Lt.-Gen. S.P. Ivanov |
| 00.11.1943-00.04.1944 | Lt.-Gen. A.N. Bogolubov |
| 00.04.1944-00.04.1945 | General of the Army V.D. Sokolovsky |
| 00.04.1945-10.06.1945 | General of the Army I.Y. Petrov |
| 20.10.1943-10.06.1945 | Lt.-Gen. K.V. Kranukov |
| Front troops |
Soviet
| 3th Guards Tank Army | 20.10.1943-10.06.1945 |
| 13th Army | 20.10.1943-10.06.1945 |
| 60th Army | 20.10.1943-10.06.1945 |
Polish
| 2nd Army | 00.00.0000-10.06.1945 |
| Sources & links: | Erickson J., The Road to Berlin: Stalin’s War with Germany Volume 2. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1983 |
| Koniev I.S., Zapiski Komandujuschego Frontom (Notes of a Front Commander). Moscow: Science 1972 | |
| Voronezh State University | |
| RKKA | |
| Site design & initiative: | Hans Houterman |
| Page research by: | Tom Notten |
| Page created by: | Jeroen Koppes |
| Last update: | 15.04.2003-CSS |