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1st Ukrainian Front | |
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Active | 1943–45 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Army group |
Role | Co-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany |
Size | Several Armies |
Engagements | Korsun-Shevchenkivskyy Hube's Pocket Lvov–Sandomierz offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive Silesian offensives Siege of Breslau Berlin Halbe Encirclement Prague |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | General Nikolai F. Vatutin (October 1943 – March 1944) Marshal Georgy K. Zhukov (March – May 1944) Marshal Ivan S. Konev (May 1944 – May 1945) |
The 1st Ukrainian Front (Russian: Пéрвый Украи́нский фронт), previously the Voronezh Front (Воронежский Фронт), was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group. They took part in the capture of Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany.
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