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Korsun-Shevchenkovskii Operation, the Encirclement and Breakout of 2 Wehrmacht Korps, 42nd and 11th,
In 4 days, the Soviet 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts with 336,000 troops, 524 tanks and Self-propelled guns, 5,300 artillery guns encircled the remnants of 6 under strength German divisions, only one of which, the 5.SS-Panzer Division 'Wiking' with the 'Wallonie' Brigade was combat capable, thereby, trapping c.54,000 German soldiers. The encirclement of German forces, see above map. Generalfeldmarschall von Manstein launched a counterattack with 4 Panzer Divisions (3,11, 13 and 14. Panzer Divisions with only 58 Panzer and Sturmgeschutzen and a total infantry strength of 3,795. when III Panzr Korps arrived the attack began. The 4 Divisions 16, 17 and 1.Panzer Division plus the 1.SS-Panzer Divi
