Formation · front
Southwestern Front
Existed: 22 Jun 1941 – 20 Oct 1943
Commanders
- Mikhail Kirponos 22 Jun 1941 – 20 Sept 1941
- Semyon Timoshenko 30 Sept 1941 – 12 Jul 1942
- Nikolai Vatutin 25 Oct 1942 – 27 Mar 1943
- Rodion Malinovsky 27 Mar 1943 – 20 Oct 1943
Positions (approximate)
- 22 June 1941Facing Army Group South (western Ukraine)
- 9 July 1941Kyiv
- 30 September 1941Re-formed after the Kyiv encirclement
- 18 November 1942Northern pincer of Operation Uranus
- 25 March 1943Donets; renamed 3rd Ukrainian Front in October
Positions are approximate sector centres on front-snapshot dates — not daily positions or headquarters. Between dates the map shows the last known position.
Sources
- [1]Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)
Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia
- [2]Operation Barbarossa
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