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The Front was established at the end of June 1942 when Tank s of the German Wehrmacht 's 6th Army reached Voronezh during the early stages of Operation Blau . Voronezh Front was renamed to become 1st Ukrainian Front on October 20 , 1943 . BATTLES Voronezh Front participated in the battles of Voronezh , the defensive operations on the approaches to Stalingrad, in Operation Saturn the follow-on to the encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad where it destroyed Hungarian 2nd Army, the Battle Of Kursk in 1943 on the southern shoulder, during which it commanded the Battle Of Prokhorovka on the Soviet side, the Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev which included the Liberation Of Kharkov on August 23, 1943, and the subsequent liberation of eastern Ukraine . COMMANDERS
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