Operation Details

Lettow-Vorbeck

'Lettow-Vorbeck' was the German codeword for the start of the 'Litzmann' break-out of General (from 1 April Generaloberst) Hans-Valentin Hube’s 1st Panzerarmee of Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein’s Heeresgruppe 'Süd' from its encirclement in the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket (27 March 1944).

Basic Overview

Date: 27 March 1944
Scope: Medium
Nature: Land, Evacuation/retirement
Status: Implemented

Theater

  • Eastern Front

Nations Involved

Protagonists
  • Germany
Antagonists
  • USSR

Leadership

Protagonists
  • Hube, Hans-Valentin
  • von Manstein, Erich
Antagonists
  • Konev, Ivan S.
  • Zhukov, Georgi K.

Formation

Protagonists
  • German 1st Panzerarmee German Heeresgruppe ‘Süd’
Antagonists
  • Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front

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