The Battle of Kiev (Kyiv) in July-September 1941 was a major Axis victory in Operation Barbarossa, Adolf Hitler's attack on the USSR during the Second World War (1939-45). Hitler wanted the resources of Ukraine since these would allow the continuation of the conflict, and in order to get them, he was prepared to fight the single largest battle so far seen in the entire war. According to official German figures, 665,000 Soviet prisoners were taken after they were caught in a giant Axis pincer movement.
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