Talk:Battle of Kiev (1943)

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The sources for this article is a computer game! Andries 18:56, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

That's not necessarily bad. :-) But I guess something needs to be done. Andreas 20:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

The source computer games is "Fire Brigade, Battle for Kiev" by Panther Games. The whole article has been copied word for word from the back of the manual. Is this plagarism?194.75.129.200 23:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

God yes, not only is in a unacceptable source but if the above is true it is a copyright violation, can you confirm this? SGGH ^speak! 19:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I've tried to bulk it out with a bit of info from other sources, and some external references - hope this helps a bit. At least it appears to be a real battle ! Mariya Oktyabrskaya 03:01, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Please read ;) 2 The victory 3 casualties 4 Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

[edit] Please read ;)

The manual retrieved at the Home of the Underdogs mentions the following bibliography:

• A.N. Grylev Dnepr, Karpaty, Krym - Nauka, Moscow 1970 (Russian)
• Maj Gen F W von Mellenthin: Panzer Battles - Ballantines, NY 1971
• Lt Gen David Dragunsky: A Soldier's Memoirs - Progress, Moscow 1963
• R G Poirier & A Z Conner: The Red Army Order of Battle - Presidio, Novalto 1985
• Ed. Ray Wagner: The Soviet Air Force in Wold War Two - Doubleday, Garden City 1973
• P N Pospelov et al: Great patriotic War of the Soviet Union - Progress, Moscow 1970
• Gen S M Shtemenko: The Soviet General Staff at War - Progress, Moscow 1970
• Marshal G K Zhukov: The Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov - Delacorte, NY 1970
• Prof. J Erickson: The Road to Berlin - Westview, Boulder 1983
• Ed. I Vitukhin: Soviet Generals Recall World War Two - Sphynx Press, NY 1981
• E F Zeimke: Stalingrad to Berlin - Dorset, Washington DC 1968
• Field Marshal E von Manstein: Lost Victories - Presidio 1982
• Lt Col M C Helfers: Small Unit Actions During the German Campaign in Russia - Dept. of the Army 1953
• A Seaton: Stalin as Military Commander - Praeger, NY 1975
• German Order of Battle - Hippocrene, NY 1975
• Gen Rauss: German Defence Tactics Against Russian Breakthroughs - Dept. of the Army 1951
• Microfilm Records, 4th Panzer Army, series T-313, rolls 373-381
• S W Mitcham: Hitler's Legions - Leo Cooper, London 1985
• W J K Davies: German Army Handbook - ARCO, NY 1977
• Brig H B C Watkins & Duncan Crow: Panzer Divisions of World War Two - Profile, Windsor

I believe that copying this page of the manual here is fair use.

[edit] The victory

I see no reason to consider this battle as decisive. Please, I do not wish revert war. We can sort this out with civilized discussion. Kurt.

I have outlined the result in more detail instead of "soviet victory" which shoudl suffice until concensus is built up (if it needs to be). SGGH ^speak! 19:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

It seems fairly decisive to me. The Red Army achieved their main objective of taking Kiev, and were never driven out again. The only thing that might argue against this is if the Germans inflicted crippling casualties while taking few themselves, but this didn't happen either. In fact, the article itself mentions that casualties were heavy on both sides, albeit slightly heavier for the Soviets. But you would expect that for the attacking side. -- Hongooi 15:39, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Furthermore, the Soviets were able to resume their offensive just a few days afterwards. That would suggest their casualties, although heavy, weren't enough to delay their plans substantially. Maybe the Germans did manage to avert a truly catastrophic defeat by retaking Zhitomir, but that hardly makes up for losing Kiev. -- Hongooi 15:46, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Alan Clark, in Barbarossa (1968) barely gives it a mention - "but it proved impossible to hold Kiev" on p.373, and a footnote about Hoth being relieved of duty after the fall of Kiev, on p.377.
So, Clark doesn't see it as decisive, rather one of a number of small losses contributing to a larger deterioration in the Ukraine after Kursk. Mariya Oktyabrskaya 02:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] casualties

Any ideas on the casualties on both side? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Counterstrike69 (talk • contribs) 19:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Ensured that the article is within project scope, tagged for task forces, and assessed for class. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)