Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket order of battle

This order of battle lists the Soviet and German forces involved in the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket in January–February 1944.

Soviet

Front	Army	Corps	Division
1st Ukrainian Vatutin	27th Army Trofimenko	47th Rifle Corps	38th Rifle Division
			136th Rifle Division
			180th Rifle Division
		Subordinated to army	206th Rifle Division
			309th Rifle Division
			337th Rifle Division
			159th Fortified Region
	40th Army Zhmachenko	50th Rifle Corps	74th Rifle Division
			163rd Rifle Division
			240th Rifle Division
		51st Rifle Corps (to SW of pocket)	167th Rifle Division
			232nd Rifle Division
			340th Rifle Division
		Subordinated to army	Czechoslovak Brigade
	6th Tank Army Kravchenko	5th Mechanized Corps
		5th Guards Tank Corps
	Subordinated to front	Direct front control	42nd Guards Rifle Division
			237th Rifle Division
			389th Rifle Division
			1st Guards Cavalry Corps
			1st Guards Artillery Division
			3rd Guards Rocket Launcher Division
2nd Ukrainian Konev	4th Guards Army Ryzhov	20th Guards Rifle Corps	5th Guards Airborne Division
			66th Guards Rifle Division
			375th Rifle Division
		21st Guards Rifle Corps	69th Guards Rifle Division
			138th Rifle Division
	52nd Army Koroteev	73rd Rifle Corps	7th Guards Airborne Division
			62nd Guards Rifle Division
		78th Rifle Corps	254th Rifle Division
			373rd Rifle Division
		Subordinated to army	294th Rifle Division
	5th Guards Tank Army Rotmistrov	18th Tank Corps
		29th Tank Corps
	Subordinated to front	26th Guards Rifle Corps	25th Guards Rifle Division
			6th Rifle Division
			31st Rifle Division
		Direct front control	89th Guards Rifle Division
			5th Guards Cavalry Corps
			20th Tank Corps

German

Army Group	Army	Corps	Division
South Manstein	8th Army Wöhler	XI Corps Stemmermann (encircled)	5th SS Panzer Division
			5th SS Infantry Brigade
			57th Infantry Division
			72nd Infantry Division
			389th Infantry Division
		XXXXVII Panzer Corps (relief force)	3rd Panzer Division
			11th Panzer Division
			13th Panzer Division
			14th Panzer Division
	1st Panzer Army Hube	XXXXII Corps Lieb (encircled)	Corps Detachment B
			88th Infantry Division
			1/3 of 168th Infantry Division
		III Panzer Corps (relief force)	1st Panzer Division
			16th Panzer Division
			17th Panzer Division
			1st SS Panzer Division
			198th Infantry Division
			Bäke Heavy Tank Regiment

References

• Soviet: Soviet General Staff Official Orders of Battle for January and February 1944. (Combat composition of the Soviet Army)
• Frieser, Karl-Heinz; Schmider, Klaus; Schönherr, Klaus; Schreiber, Gerhard; Ungváry, Kristián; Wegner, Bernd (2007). Die Ostfront 1943/44 – Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten [The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts] (in German). Vol. VIII. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. ISBN 978-3-421-06235-2. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)