The Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket 1944A detailed exploration of a critical month long battle, which set the stage for German strategic level defeats on both the Eastern and Western fronts. In February 1944, 1st Panzer Army (under Generaloberst Hube) played a major role in the relief operation that saved part of the German forces trapped in the Korsun Pocket. However, the losses suffered in that effort left Hubes forces materially weakened, exhausted, and with vulnerable flanks.