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{{ | {{Infobox Conflict | ||
|name = Battle of Kiev | |name = Battle of Kiev | ||
|first mention = Just War (novel) | |first mention = Just War (novel) | ||
|part of = [[World War II]] | |part of = [[Operation Barbarossa]] on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] of [[World War II]] | ||
|date = [[1941]]|location = [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]], [[Soviet Union]], [[Earth]] | |date = [[1941]]|location = [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]], [[Soviet Union]], [[Earth]] | ||
|side1 = [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] | |side1 = [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] | ||
|side2 = [[Soviet Union]] | |side2 = [[Soviet Union]] | ||
|result = German victory | |strength1 = [[Wehrmacht]] | ||
|strength2 = [[Red Army]] | |||
|result = German [[victory]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
The ''' | The '''Battle of Kiev''' was a [[battle]] fought on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] of [[World War II]] in [[1941]]. It was fought in Soviet [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]'') [[capital city]] of [[Kiev]], involving the forces of [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]], and was part of the former's [[Operation Barbarossa]]. | ||
The [[Wehrmacht]] were victorious. Together with the [[Battle of | The [[Wehrmacht]] were [[Victory|victorious]]. Together with the [[Battle of Bialystock|Battle]] of [[Bialystock]] and the [[Battle of Vyazma-Briansk|Battle]] of [[Vyazma]]-[[Briansk]], over [[2000000 (number)|two million]] [[soldier]]s in the [[Red Army]] became German [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]], more than the Germans knew how to deal with. The number of [[prisoner]]s eclipsed the size of the entire [[British Army]]. | ||
Propagandists back in Germany reported on these great successes, but were instructed to tone their reports down after people stopped believing them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') | [[Propaganda|Propagandists]] back in Germany reported on these great successes, but were instructed to tone their reports down after people stopped believing them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') | ||
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