1st Ukrainian Front

1st Ukrainian Front
The commanders and soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian Front at the Moscow Victory Parade. June 24, 1945.
Active	1943–45
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Army group
Role	Co-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany
Size	Several Armies
Engagements	Korsun-Shevchenkivskyy Hube's Pocket Lvov-Sandomierz Operation Vistula-Oder Offensive Silesian Offensives Battle of Breslau (1945) Berlin Halbe Encirclement Prague
Commanders
Notable commanders	General Nikolai F. Vatutin (October 1943-March 1944) Marshal Georgy K. Zhukov (March 1944-May 1944) Marshal Ivan S. Konev (May 1944-May 1945)

The 1st Ukrainian Front (Russian: Первый украинский фронт) was a front—a force the size of a Western Army group—of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.

On October 20, 1943, the Voronezh Front was renamed to the 1st Ukrainian Front. This name change reflected the westward advance of the Red Army in its campaign against the German Wehrmacht, leaving Russia behind and moving into Ukraine. The front participated or conducted battles in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, and Czechoslovakia during 1944 and 1945.

During 1944, the front participated with other fronts in the battles of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyy, and the battle of Hube's Pocket in Ukraine. It conducted the Lviv-Sandomierz Offensive, during which the Front was controlling the Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army, 3rd Guards Tank Army, 4th Tank Army, 3rd Guards, 5th Guards Army, 13th, 38th, and 60th Armies. It then took part in the battle for Ternopil'.