The eastern front at the time of the Battle of Uman.

The Battle of Uman (July 1941 — August 8, 1941) was a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in the summer of 1941, fought in Western Ukraine between the German Army Group South commanded by General Gerd von Rundstedt and the Soviet Forces in the Southwestern Direction, Commander-in-Chief Marshal Semyon Budyonny, which included Soviet Southwestern Front commanded by Colonel General Mikhail Kirponos) and Soviet Southern Front commanded by Army General Ivan Tyulenev. Download high resolution version (1201x920, 228 KB)German advances on the Eastern Front of World War II during Operation Barbarossa, 1941-06-22 to 1941-09-09. ... Download high resolution version (1201x920, 228 KB)German advances on the Eastern Front of World War II during Operation Barbarossa, 1941-06-22 to 1941-09-09. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Eastern Front was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ... Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (December 12, 1875 - February 24, 1953) was a Field Marshal of the German Army during World War II. He was one of Germanys more competent generals, and is remembered for remaining apolitical throughout his career. ... The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza [Маршал Советского Союза]) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ... Semyon Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny (also spelled Budennii, Budenny, Budyenny etc, Russian: Семён Михайлович Будённый) (April 25, 1883 - October 26, 1973) was a Soviet military commander and an ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. ... The Southernwestern Front was one of the Soviet Army fronts during the World War II. In 1941 it took part in the tank battles in western Ukraine and the defensive operation around Kiev, in which the Front Chief of Staff General Mikhail Kirponos was killed and the entire Front captured... Colonel General is a senior military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries. ... Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos (Кирпонос, Михаил Петрович) (January 12, 1892 — September 20, 1941) was a Soviet general of Ukrainian descent. ... The Southern Front was one of the Soviet Army fronts during the World War II, cretaed under the command of Army General Ivan Tyulenev. ... General of the Army, or less formally five-star general, is historically the second most senior rank in the United States Army. ... Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev (1892-1978) was a Soviet military commander, one of the first to be promoted Soviet General of the Army in 1940. ...

In the initial weeks of Operation Barbarossa, Army Group South had driven rapidly east, capturing Lvov, Tarnopol and Vinnitsa, and destroying four mechanised corps that Kirponos led in a counterattack. This episode was the largest engagement of tank forces before the Battle of Kursk. The Soviet tanks outnumbered Germans, but their activities were poorly coordinated. The Soviet forces tried to cut off the advancing German columns, but they were hit both from North and South in the area of Dubno. By June 29, the German advance was temporarily halted, but the Soviet forces were exhausted and started to retreat. Original German plan Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the German codename for Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on June 22, 1941. ... Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ... Lviv ( Львів in Ukrainian; Львов, Lvov in Russian; Lwów in Polish; Leopolis in Latin; Lemberg in German—see also cities alternative names) is a city in western Ukraine with 830,000 inhabitants (an additional 200,000 commute daily from suburbs). ... Ternopil (Тернопіль in Ukrainian, Tarnopol in Polish, Ternopol in Russian) is a city in Western Ukraine, located at the banks of the Seret river. ... Vinnytsia, or Vinnytsya (Ukrainian Вінниця, Polish: Winnica) is a city in central Ukraine, located on the banks of Pivdennyi Buh River in 270 km far from the capital Kyiv. ... Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Erich von Manstein Walther Model Nikolai Vatutin Konstantin Rokossovsky Strength 800,000 infantry 2,700 tanks 2,000 aircraft 1,300,000 infantry 3,600 tanks 2,400 aircraft Casualties 200,510 dead, wounded, and captured 500 tanks 200 aircraft 860,370 dead, wounded, and... Dubno (Ukrainian: Дубно) is a town in Ukraine, in Rivne Oblast, on the Ikva River. ...

On 10 July Budyonny was given the general command of the troops operating in the Southwestern direction, to coordinate the actions of Southwestern and Southern Fronts. Budyonny had 1.5 million soldiers under his command in two large concentrations at Uman and Kiev. No sooner had he taken up his command than Army Group South launched three assaults deep into Ukraine. General Ewald von Kleist's Panzer Group 1 drove a wedge between the two Soviet concentrations south of Kiev and north of Uman, capturing Berdichev on 15 July and Kazatin on 16 July. General Karl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel's Seventeenth Army advanced to the south of Uman and General Ritter von Schobert's Eleventh Army advanced northwards from the Rumanian border. July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... A monument to St. ... Ewald von Kleist could refer to: Ewald Jürgen Georg von Kleist (c. ... Panzer Group Kleist Panzer Group 1 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... Berdichev (Polish language: Berdyczów, Ukrainian language: Бердичів, Russian language: Бердичев) is a town in Zhytomyrska oblast, Ukraine, 44 km South of Zhytomyr. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Koziatyn is the town and the administrative center of Koziatyn district of Ukraine. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ...

The Stavka and the command of the Southern Front mistakenly assumed that the Germans were striving to reach the crossing of the Dnieper between Kiev and Cherkassy for a further march towards Donbass and underestimated the danger of the encirclement of the 6th and 12th Armies. On July 28 an order was given to the Southwestern and Southern Fronts to block the Germans from the Dnieper and to retreat only in the Eastern direction. As a result, an opportunity to avoid the danger of enciclement by retreating in the Southeastern direction was lost. Stavka is an abbreviation for Shtab vierhovnogo komandovania, or General Headquarters of armed forces in late Imperial Russia and in the Soviet Union. ... This article is about the river. ... Cherkasy (Ukrainian Черкаси) - a city in the central part of Ukraine (about 200km south of Kyiv), capital of Cherkaska oblast, with 280,700 inhabitants (2004). ... Categories: Stub | Regions of Ukraine | Ukrainian historical regions ...

On 2 August the encirclement loop was closed by the meeting of the 1st Panzer Group and 17th Field Army, which was reinforced on the next day by the second loop when the 16th Panzer Division and Hungarian Corps met. By 8 August the Soviet resistance was generally stopped, and 20 Soviet divisions from the Sixth and Twelfth Armies smashed; and reportedly around 100,000 were captured, including the commanders of both Armies, 4 corps commanders and 11 division commanders. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... A corps (a word that immigrated from the French language, pronounced like English core, but originating in the Latin corpus, corporis meaning body; plural same as singular) is either a large military unit or formation, a administrative grouping of troops within an army with a common function (such as artillery... A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ...

The total Soviet losses during the operation are difficult to estimate, but a reasonable number would be 200,000 killed and wounded and 100,000 prisoners.

See also

• Battle of Kiev