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((Short description|WW2 Soviet Red Army formation))
((refimprove|date=January 2013))
[[File:Парад Победы на Красной площади 24 июня 1945 г. (12).jpg|thumb|3rd Ukrainian Front on parade at the 1945 Victory Parade on Red Square]]
The '''3rd Ukrainian Front''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Третий Украинский фронт) was a [[Front (Soviet Army)|Front]] of the Soviet [[Red Army]] during [[World War II]].
[[File:3ci ukraiński.jpg|thumb|3rd Ukrainian Front's Banner]]
It was founded on 20 October 1943, on the basis of a [[Stavka]] order of October 16, 1943, by renaming the [[Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)|Southwestern Front]]. It included [[1st Guards Army (Soviet Union)|1st Guards Army]], [[8th Guards Army]], [[6th Army (Soviet Union)|6th]], [[12th Army (Soviet Union)|12th]], and [[46th Army (Soviet Union)|46th]] Armies and 17th Air Army. Later it included 5th Shock, [[4th Guards Army (Soviet Union)|4th]] and [[9th Guards Army]], [[26th Army (Soviet Union)|26th]], [[27th Army (Soviet Union)|27th]], [[28th Army (Soviet Union)|28th]], [[37th Army (Soviet Union)|37th]], 57th Army, [[6th Guards Tank Army]], and the Bulgarian [[First Army (Bulgaria)|First]], [[Second Army (Bulgaria)|Second]] and [[Fourth Army (Bulgaria)|Fourth]] Armies. The [[Danube Flotilla (Soviet Union)|Danube Flotilla]] was assigned to the Front's operational control. This included the 83rd Naval Infantry Brigade.

==Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk offensive operations==

In the first half of October 1943, Southwestern Front (3rd Ukrainian Front from 20 October) commanded by Army General [[Rodion Malinovsky]] was tasked with attacking the German [[Panther-Wotan line]], and later securing the bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the [[Dnieper]] on the [[Izyum]] - [[Dnipropetrovsk]] axis during the [[Battle of the Lower Dnieper]]. But the first attempt to establish bridgeheads failed. Three infantry armies: [[8th Guards Army (Soviet Union)|8th Guards]], [[3rd Guards Army (Soviet Union)|3rd Guards]] and the [[12th Army (Soviet Union)|12th Army]], and two corps, [[1st Guards Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)|1st Guards Mechanized]] and 23rd Tank with 17th Air Army providing air support were assembled for the new assault.

On 10 October 1943 [[Vasily Chuikov|Chuikov's]] 8th Guards launched the attack, with the tank corps being inserted on the 13 October; the [[12th Army (Soviet Union)|12th Army]] attacked from the north, and 3rd Guards from the south of [[Zaporizhzhia]]. Germans retreated from Zaporizhzhia, destroying the railway bridge over Dnieper behind themselves.<ref>[[John Erickson (historian)|Erickson, John]], ''The Road To Berlin'', Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2003 p.138</ref>

On 23 October [[Rodion Malinovsky|Malinovsky]], who wanted to take [[Dnipropetrovsk]], and trap the [[1st Panzer Army|First Panzer Army]] in the eastern reaches of the Dnieper bend, inserted the newly arrived 46th Army into combat. Together with 8th Guards it was trying to trap German forces against the western bank of Dnieper between Dnipropetrovsk and [[Kamianske|Dniprodzerzhynsk]], the site of the huge [[Dnieper Hydroelectric Station]]. The [[46th Army]] units tried to get to the station in time to prevent the destruction of the dam by retreating German troops. On 25 October Dnipropetrovsk was taken, but the installations and the Dam were partly destroyed.<ref>Erickson, p.139</ref>

At the same time the [[Ivan Konev|Koniev's]] [[2nd Ukrainian Front]] was attacking towards the [[Kryvyi Rih]] from the north with the 7th Guards Army, but the 1st Panzer Army was saved for the moment as Koniev's assault on Kryvyi Rih stalled at [[Ingulets]] river north of Kherson.<ref>Atlas Mira Moskva 1988 Ukrainska SSr Moldavskaja SSR page 46</ref> However, [[Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin|Vatutin]] commanding the 1st Ukrainian Front located north of [[Poltava]] sent the 5th Guards Tank Army which penetrated north of Kryvyi Rih, and was only halted by the stubborn German defence and length of its own logistic tail. On conclusion, both operations allowed the two Fronts to create a single Krementchug-Dnipropetrovsk bridgehead expanded to Zaporizhzhia due to the breaching of the Wotan Line by the Southern Front.

Later, units of the 6th Army seized [[bridgehead]]s south of [[Zaporizhzhia]], and by the end of December, along with [[2nd Ukrainian Front]] held on the Dnieper major strategic stronghold.

After the liberation of right-bank Ukraine by troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, in collaboration with [[4th Ukrainian Front]] by making [[Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive#Nikopol.E2.80.93Krivoi Rog Offensive|Nikopol-Krivoy Rog Operation]] 1944, the took to the district [[Ingulets]], where in March–April launched an offensive at the Nikolayev-Odessa area. After carrying out the [[Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensive]] operation, the front readied itself for an attack on [[Odessa]].

Before the [[Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive#Odessa Offensive|Odessa Offensive]] 3rd Ukrainian received substantial reinforcements. It now fielded seven Armies: 5th Shock Army, 6th Army, 8th Guards Army, 28th Army, 37th Army, 46th Army and 57th Army. Malinowsky also formed a cavalry-mechanized group consisting of 4th Guards Cavalry Corps and 4th Mechanized Corps under Lt. Gen. Pliev. The target was port Nikolayev and large Black Sea port Odessa.
The attack opened on 6 March 1944 when Soviet troops forced the Ingulets, the Visun and the Ingul rivers. They assisted the [[Black Sea Fleet]] completing the liberation of southern Ukraine, and liberated a large part of the [[Moldavian SSR]] and moved to [[Dniester]] and, seizing bridgeheads on its right bank, including Kitskansky bridgehead.

==Romania and Bulgaria==
[[Image:Red Army greeted in Bucharest.jpg|thumb|right|Elements of the 3rd Ukrainian Front enter Bucharest on 31 August 1944]]
In August 1944 the 3rd Ukrainian Front engaged in the [[Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)|Iassy-Kishinev Offensive]], which resulted in the release of all the Moldavian SSR, and [[Romania]] declaring war on Germany.

On 8 September, after breaking diplomatic ties and declaring war on Bulgaria, Soviet troops entered the territory of [[Bulgaria]] and occupied part of the country . The next day a Bulgarian communist led coalition organized a coup and took over the government, eventually switching sides and declaring war on Germany. From 28 September - 20 October 1944 3rd Ukrainian Front in collaboration with the [[People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia]] with the participation of troops of the Fatherland Front in Bulgaria carried out the [[Belgrade Offensive]], which resulted in the liberation of the capital of Yugoslavia, [[Belgrade]], and most of [[Serbia]].

In October 1944 - February 1945, the 3rd Ukrainian Front had forces involved in the [[Siege of Budapest]], including [[46th Army (Soviet Union)|46th Army]]. Its troops crossed the [[Danube]] and seized a bridgehead on its right bank. In January 1945, they repelled the enemy counter-attacks, trying to relieve the forces surrounded in Budapest, and in March, during the German [[Operation Frühlingserwachen]], a counter-offensive broke the German troops in the area of [[Lake Balaton]]. The successful completion of this battle made possible the beginning of the [[Vienna Offensive]] on 16 March, in conjunction with the left wing [[2nd Ukrainian Front]]. Thereafter the front's forces completed the liberation of Hungary, expelled the enemy from the eastern part of Austria and took its capital, [[Vienna]].

The Front included 57th Army from October to December 1944.

On 15 June 1945, the on the basis of a Stavka directive on May 29, 1945, the front was disbanded, and reorganised as the [[Southern Group of Forces]]. 26th Army was grouped with 37th Army into the SGF.

==3rd Ukrainian Front in October 1943 during Zaporizhzhia–Dnipropetrovsk operation==

'''Front Commander:''' General of Army [[Rodion Malinovsky]]

'''[[1st Guards Army (Soviet Union)|1st Guards Army]]'''
:'''''[[6th Guards Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[20th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[152nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|152nd Rifle Division]]
:'''''[[34th Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|6th Rifle Division]]
::[[24th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|24th Rifle Division]]
::[[228th Rifle Division]]
::[[195th Rifle Division]]

'''[[3rd Guards Army]]:'''
:'''''[[34th Guards Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[59th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[61st Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[279th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|279th Rifle Division]] (Unit listed twice)

:'''''[[32nd Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[259th Rifle Division]]
::[[266th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|266th Rifle Division]]
::[[279th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|279th Rifle Division]] (Unit listed twice)

'''[[8th Guards Army]]:'''
:'''''[[28th Guards Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[39th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[79th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[88th Guards Rifle Division]]

:'''''[[29th Guards Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[27th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[74th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[82nd Guards Rifle Division]]

:'''''[[33rd Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[50th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|50th Rifle Division]]
::[[78th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|78th Rifle Division]]

'''''[[6th Army (Soviet Union)|6th Army]]:'''''
:'''[[4th Guards Rifle Corps]]'''
::[[47th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[57th Guards Rifle Division]]

:'''''[[26th Guards Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[25th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[35th Guards Rifle Division]]

'''[[12th Army (Soviet Union)|12th Army]]'''
:'''''[[66th Rifle Corps]]'''''
::[[203rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|203rd Rifle Division]]
::[[333rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|333rd Rifle Division]]
::[[60th Guards Rifle Division]]
::[[244th Rifle Division]]

'''''[[1st Guards Mechanized Corps]]'''''
:1st Guards Mechanized Brigade
:2nd Guards Mechanized Brigade
:3rd Guards Mechanized Brigade
:9th Guards Tank Brigade

'''''[[23rd Tank Corps]]'''''
:3rd Tank Brigade
:39th Tank Brigade
:135th Tank Brigade
:56th Motorized Rifle Brigade

'''''[[17th Air Army]]'''''
:1st Guards Mixed Aviation Corps
:1st Mixed Aviation Corps
:[[9th Mixed Aviation Corps]]<ref>Boevoi Sostav Sovietskoi Armii czast III januar-dekabr 1943 page 253 in the BSSA Front is listed under South Western Front name but it changed name in October to 3rd Ukrainian Front from November 1943 it is listed under name of 3rd Ukrainian Front</ref>

== Command ==
Commanders:
* General of the Army [[Rodion Malinovsky]] (Oct. 1943 – May 1944);
* General of the Army, in September 1944, Marshal of the Soviet Union [[Fyodor Tolbukhin]] (May 1944 – end of the war).

Member of the Military Council:
* Lieutenant-General in September 1944, Colonel-General A. Zheltov (whole period).

Chief of Staff:
* Lieutenant-General [[Theodosius K. Korzhenevich]] (Oct. 1943 – May 1944);
* Lieutenant-General in May 1944, Colonel-General [[Sergey Biryuzov]] (May–October 1944);
* Lieutenant-General in April 1945, Colonel-General [[Semion Ivanov|Simon P. Ivanov]] (October 1944 – end of the war).

==Notes==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article117707.html Front]
*[https://archive.today/20121205032514/victory.mil.ru/rkka/ All fronts of the Great Patriotic War]

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