Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive

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The Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive was a major Soviet World War II operation in January 1943 that shattered Axis forces on the middle Don River, contributing to the collapse of the Italian, Hungarian, and German positions on the Eastern Front.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
surface form: Ostrogozhsk–Rossoshansk operation
belligerent Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Italy
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
casualties heavy Axis losses in men and materiel
combatant Soviet Voronezh Front
surface form: Voronezh Front
commander Filipp Golikov
Fyodor Kostenko
Gusztáv Jány
Italo Gariboldi
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
country Soviet Union
date January 1943
describedAs major Soviet World War II operation on the middle Don River
describedIn Soviet military historiography
endDate 1943-01-27
followedBy Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive
surface form: Voronezh–Kastornoye operation
front Soviet Voronezh Front
surface form: Voronezh Front
historicalPeriod 1940s
involvedUnit Hungarian 7th Army Corps
Corpo d’Armata Alpino
surface form: Italian Alpine Corps

Soviet 18th Separate Rifle Corps
Soviet 3rd Tank Army
40th Army
surface form: Soviet 40th Army
location Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Voronezh Oblast
middle Don River
objective to destroy Axis forces on the middle Don River
to encircle and annihilate Italian 8th Army and Hungarian 2nd Army
opponent German Second Army
surface form: German 2nd Army

German Army Group B
Hungarian 2nd Army
Italian 8th Army
outcome Soviet capture of Ostrogozhsk
Soviet capture of Rossosh
collapse of Hungarian positions on the Eastern Front
collapse of Italian positions on the Eastern Front
severe losses for German forces on the Eastern Front
partOf Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
surface form: Soviet winter campaign of 1942–1943

World War II
precededBy Operation Little Saturn
result Soviet victory
startDate 1943-01-13
strategicSignificance contributed to the encirclement crisis of Axis forces after Stalingrad
weakened Axis southern wing on the Eastern Front
theatre Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

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Italian 8th Army engagedIn Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Hungarian 2nd Army notableBattle Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Hungarian 2nd Army sufferedLossesDuring Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 hasPart Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Soviet Voronezh Front engagement Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
subject surface form: Voronezh Front
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive alsoKnownAs Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
this entity surface form: Ostrogozhsk–Rossoshansk operation
Middle Don offensive followedBy Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh area involvedConflict Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Soviet 18th Separate Rifle Corps tookPartIn Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Soviet 18th Separate Rifle Corps notableOperation Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Battle of the Don River (1943) relatedTo Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive