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Battle of Uman
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The Battle of Uman was the World War II German offensive in Uman, Ukraine against the 6th and 12th Soviet Armies. In a three-week period, the Wehrmacht encircled and annihilated the two Soviet armies.
MG 34 machine gun position on a tripod base in a village near Uman.
MG 34 machine gun position on a tripod base in a village near Uman.
KV-1 tank (1939); there were only 10 such devices in the 2nd Mechanized Corps out of almost 400 tanks, when it got an order to regroup to Uman.
KV-1 tank (1939); there were only 10 such devices in the 2nd Mechanized Corps out of almost 400 tanks, when it got an order to regroup to Uman.
The situation around Kiev on the evening of 21 July 1941 (by the OKH opinion)
The situation around Kiev on the evening of 21 July 1941 (by the OKH opinion)
T-26 tank; this light-armored tank was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and at the summer of 1941 it was the most widespread Soviet tan
T-26 tank; this light-armored tank was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and at the summer of 1941 it was the most widespread Soviet tank. The 18th Mechanized Corps had 308 T-26 out of a total of 457 tanks and had no KV-1s or T-34s at all.
Battle of Kiev (1941)
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The First Battle of Kiev or Kiev operation, known as the Battle of Kiev on the German side, was a major battle that resulted in an encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World Wa
Battle of Uman
…the 6th and 12th Soviet Armies. In a three-week period, the Wehrmacht encircled and annihilated the two Soviet armies. The battle occurred during the Kiev defensive operation between the elements of the Red Army's Southwestern Front, retreating from the Lwow salient, and German Army Group South, commanded by Field Marshal…
Explosion of a Soviet radio-mine in Kiev (September 1941)
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
Men from a German forward detachment attack the village of Hatne west of Kiev, August 1941
Operation Barbarossa, 22 June to 25 August 1941
Operation Barbarossa, 22 June to 25 August 1941
German troops constructing a pontoon bridge across the Dnieper in the vicinity of Kiev, 1941
German troops constructing a pontoon bridge across the Dnieper in the vicinity of Kiev, 1941