Battle of Kiev
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, World War II, Cities, Urbanization
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Soviet Union, Ukraine
- Date: September 16-26, 1941
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in World War II. Result: German annihilation of Soviet southwestern front.
On September 16, 1941, 680,000 Soviet troops of Colonel General Mikhail Petrovich Kirpanos’s southwestern front were encircled in the “Kiev pocket” (130 miles in width and depth) when German armored forces advancing from Smolensk in the north linked up with German armored forces advancing from Kremenchug in the south at Lokhvitsa (125 miles east of Kiev). For the next ten days, soldiers of six trapped Soviet armies, the entire strength...
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