Battle of Brody (1941)
Part of World War II
Date June 26, 1941 - June 30, 1941 Location Brody, Ukraine Result German victory
Combatants
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist	Colonel-General Mikhail Karpenos
Strength
600 Tanks	1,000 Tanks
Casualties
Heavy	All Soviet Tanks Destroyed

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Prelude

Army Group South was deployed in Southern Poland and Romania. Commanded by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt. Army Group South had 6th and 17th Army in Poland and 11th Army in Romania. Its armored force was the 1st Panzer Army led by Kleist. The infantry armies had 33 divisions and the Panzers had 5 armored and 3 motorized divisions. Supporting the Germans were several Romanian, Italian and Slovakian forces. Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (December 12, 1875 - February 24, 1953) was a field marshal of the German Army during World War II. He held some of the highest field commands in all phases of the war. ... The Sixth Army was a German field army which saw action in World War I and World War II. It is perhaps best known for its involvement in the Battle of Stalingrad. ... The German Eleventh Army (German: 11. ... Insignia of the German First Panzer Army The First Panzer Army (German: ) was a German tank army that fought during World War II. When formed the First Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) and was activated on November 16, 1940 with Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist in... Ewald von Kleist Ewald von Kleist Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (August 8, 1881, Braunfels an der Lahn - ca. ...

Opposing the Germans in the South was the Russian South-West Front. In the South the Russians had 5th, 6th, 12th and 26th Armies with 27 rifle and cavalry divisions, 12 Tank and 6 motorized divisions. Another Soviet front in the South was the Russian South front. The Soviets had 9th and 18th with 17 rifle and cavalry divisions, 6 Tank divisions, and 3 motorized divisions.

The left wing of the Army Group South was made up of the 17th, 6th and 1st Panzer Army. Opposite stood the Soviet 5th, 6th and 26th Armies. The German 6th and 17th Armies struck at the junction between the Soviet 5th, 6th and 26th Armies, the 1st Panzer Army drove its armored spearhead of 600 Tanks straight through the Soviet 6th Army towards the town of Brody. Tarnopol Voivodeship bis 17 September 1939, location the city A church in Brody (1625). ...

The Battle

On June 26th, 5 Soviet Mechanized Corps, the 4th, 8th, 9th, 15th and 19th with over 1,000 Tanks mounted massive counter attacks from the north and south. The aim was to cut through the flanks of 1st Panzer Army and meet near Dubno. The battle between the 1st Panzer Army and the Soviet Mechanized Corps was the fiercest of the whole invasion. Lasting a full 4 days. The Russians fought furiously and crews of German tank and anti-tank guns found to their horror that the new Soviet T-34 Tanks were almost immune to their weapons. Dubno (Ukrainian: Дубно) is a town in Ukraine, in Rivne Oblast, on the Ikva River. ...

However, the Soviets seldom handled their tanks well or concentrated into powerful groups. The Soviet tanks could be isolated and after they had been immobilized by blowing off their tracks they could be destroyed at close quarters. Meanwhile the Luftwaffe was ranging freely over the battlefield smashing Russian tanks and armor wherever it was found. The Soviet Armored pincers failed to meet at Dubno.

After the Battle

Although 1st Panzer Army took a severe battering in the battles around Dubno, it survived the battle still capable of operation. The Soviets did not. The last substantial Soviet Tank forces in the South had been used up.