Battle of Uman

Battle of Uman
Part of the Operation Barbarossa and Eastern Front of World War II
The eastern front at the time of the Battle of Uman.
Date 15 July–8 August 1941 Location Uman, Ukraine Result Axis victory
Belligerents
Germany Romania  Hungary Slovakia	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Gerd von Rundstedt C.H. von Stülpnagel Ewald von Kleist	Semyon Budyonny Mikhail Kirponos Ivan Tyulenev
Units involved
6th Army 17th Army 1st Panzer Group	6th Army 12th Army 26th Army 18th Army
Strength
400,000 600 tanks	300,000 317 tanks
Casualties and losses
Total: 20,853[a] Killed: 4,610 Wounded: 15,458 Captured or missing: 785	Total: 203,000 Killed or wounded: 100,000 Captured: 103,000 Captured or destroyed: 317 tanks

The Battle of Uman (15 July – 8 August 1941) 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.

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 Gerd von Rundstedt, as part of Operation Barbarossa.

The Soviet forces were under overall command of the Southwestern Direction, commanded by Marshal Semyon Budyonny, which included the Southwestern Front commanded by Colonel General Mikhail Kirponos and Southern Front commanded by General Ivan Tyulenev. The 6th army was commanded by Lieutenant General I. N. Muzychenko and the 12th army by Major General P. G. Ponedelin.

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