 The "Geschwader" played an instrumental role in the Battle of Kiev and Battle of Uman, in which the "Wehrmacht" effectively destroyed three Soviet armies, killing or capturing 600,000 soldiers.I./KG 55 was credited with the destruction of 58 railway cars, 675 trucks and 22 tanks in this battle alone.On 7 August, near, Dnepropetrovsk, a Soviet counter-attack pushed back the 1st Panzer Army from its Dnieper bridgehead.