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 an