The Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, also known as Hube's Pocket, was a Wehrmacht attempt on the Eastern Front of World War II to evade encirclement by the Red Army. During the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Offensive Operation (4 March 1944 - 17 April 1944) and the Uman-Botosani Offensive Operation (5 March 1944 - 17 April 1944) the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts encircled Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube's 1st Panzer Army north of the Dniestr river....
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The Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, also known as Hube's Pocket, was a Wehrmacht attempt on the Eastern Front of World War II to evade encirclement by the Red Army. During the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Offensive Operation (4 March 1944 - 17 April 1944) and the Uman-Botosani Offensive Operation (5 March 1944 - 17 April 1944) the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts encircled Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube's 1st Panzer Army north of the Dniestr river. The Panzer Army's personnel was largely able to escape the encirclement in April.
In mid-February 1944, the 1st Panzer Army found itself defending the line in the north-western Ukraine. The Army had just completed operations to rescue the two Corps trapped in the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket, which had exhausted the army's III Panzerkorps.
In February 1944, the 1st Panzer Army, commanded by Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube consisted of four Corps, three of which were Panzerkorps (comprised of some 20 panzer or panzer grenadier divisions). Together...
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