Battle of Kiev (1941)
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The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the major battle that resulted in an encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II, the capital and most populous city of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. This encirclement is the largest encirclement in the history of warfare by number of troops. The battle occurred from 7 July to 26 September 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.
Explosion of a Soviet radio-mine in Kiev (September 1941)
Men from a German forward detachment attack the village of Hatne west of Kiev, August 1941
Operation Barbarossa, June 22 to August 25, 1941
German troops constructing a pontoon bridge across the Dnieper in the vicinity of Kiev, 1941
1st Panzer Army
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The 1st Panzer Army was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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Image: Gotthard Heinrici