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The 1st Ukrainian Front was a Front (military Subdivision) of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War . Here the term "front" is different from the general usage of '' Military Front ''. . June 24, 1945.]] WARTIME The 1st Ukrainian Front was created on October 20 , 1943 as the new designation of the existing Voronezh 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. 1944 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 Lvov-Sandomierz Operation and the battle for Tarnopol. 1945 In 1945 the front participated in the Vistula-Oder Offensive , and conducted the Silesian and Prague Operations, and the siege of Breslau . It also participated in the Berlin operations in Germany and Poland. The front also conducted the major part of the Halbe Encirclement , in which most of the German 9th Army was destroyed south of Berlin. It provided the defence against the counter-attacks by Armee Wenck which aimed to relieve Berlin and the 9th Army . The front was victorious in all of its operations over the opposing forces of the Wehrmacht . The Prague Operation was the final battle of World War II in Europe . POST-WAR Following the war, the Front headquarters formed the Central Group of Forces of the Red Army in Europe, guarding the Iron Curtain . COMMANDERS
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