Unknown Unknown Result Soviet victory | Dates 13 Jan 1943 – 27 Jan 1943 | |
Russian sources
123,000 killed and captured,
1,400 artillery pieces,
262 tanks
Ignac Romsics
40,000 KIA, 35,000 WIA, 60,000 POW. (Hungarian only)
Krisztián Ungváry
42,000 KIA or frozen
26,000 POW
at least 28,044 WIA (Hungarian only) 37,423
13,876 killed
23,547 wounded/sick Combatants Soviet Union, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Hungary Similar World War II, Operation Little Saturn, Battle of Debrecen, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive, Operation Spring Awakening | ||
The Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive (Russian: Острогожско-Россошанская операция) was an offensive of the Voronezh Front on the Eastern Front of World War II against the Hungarian 2nd Army and partially Italian 8th Army. The offensive is better known as part of Operation Little Saturn, made in support of the Stalingrad encirclement. The offensive was supported from the south by the right flank of the Soviet 6th Army and the 3rd Guards Tank Army of Pavel Rybalko.
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Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA