Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket order of battle explained

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
ROWSPAN=22 style="background:#ccc;" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray;"	1st Ukrainian Vatutin	ROWSPAN=7	27th Army Trofimenko	ROWSPAN=3	47th Rifle Corps	38th Rifle Division
136th Rifle Division
180th Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=4	Subordinated to army	206th Rifle Division
309th Rifle Division
337th Rifle Division
159th Fortified Region
ROWSPAN=7	40th Army Zhmachenko	ROWSPAN=3	50th Rifle Corps	74th Rifle Division
163rd Rifle Division
240th Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=3	51st Rifle Corps (to SW of pocket)	167th Rifle Division
232nd Rifle Division
340th Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=1	Subordinated to army	Czechoslovak Brigade
ROWSPAN=2	6th Tank Army Kravchenko	5th Mechanized Corps
5th Guards Tank Corps
ROWSPAN=6	Subordinated to front	ROWSPAN=6	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
ROWSPAN=18	2nd Ukrainian Konev	ROWSPAN=5	4th Guards Army Ryzhov	ROWSPAN=3	20th Guards Rifle Corps	5th Guards Airborne Division
66th Guards Rifle Division
375th Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=2	21st Guards Rifle Corps	69th Guards Rifle Division
138th Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=5	52nd Army Koroteev	ROWSPAN=2	73rd Rifle Corps	7th Guards Airborne Division
62nd Guards Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=2	78th Rifle Corps	254th Rifle Division
373rd Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=1	Subordinated to army	294th Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=2	5th Guards Tank Army Rotmistrov	18th Tank Corps
29th Tank Corps
ROWSPAN=6	Subordinated to front	ROWSPAN=3	26th Guards Rifle Corps	25th Guards Rifle Division
6th Rifle Division
31st Rifle Division
ROWSPAN=3	Direct front control	89th Guards Rifle Division
5th Guards Cavalry Corps
20th Tank Corps

German

Army Group	Army	Corps	Division
ROWSPAN=18 style="background:#ccc;" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray;"	South Manstein	ROWSPAN=9	8th Army Wöhler	ROWSPAN=5	XI Corps Stemmermann (encircled)	5th SS Panzer Division
5th SS Infantry Brigade
57th Infantry Division
72nd Infantry Division
389th Infantry Division
ROWSPAN=4	XXXXVII Panzer Corps (relief force)	3rd Panzer Division
11th Panzer Division
13th Panzer Division
14th Panzer Division
ROWSPAN=9	1st Panzer Army Hube	ROWSPAN=3	XXXXII Corps Lieb (encircled)	Corps Detachment B
88th Infantry Division
1/3 of 168th Infantry Division
ROWSPAN=6	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)
• Book: Frieser . Karl-Heinz . Karl-Heinz Frieser . Klaus . Schmider . Klaus . Schönherr . Gerhard . Schreiber . Kristián . Ungváry . Krisztián Ungváry . Bernd . Wegner . Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg [Germany and the Second World War] . VIII . 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 . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt . München . 2007 . 978-3-421-06235-2 . German .