Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive

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World War II battle military offensive

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.

Aliases (1)

Ostrogozhsk–Rossoshansk operation ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	Ostrogozhsk–Rossoshansk operation →
belligerent	Kingdom of Hungary → Kingdom of Italy → Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
casualties	heavy Axis losses in men and materiel →
combatant	Voronezh Front →
commander	Filipp Golikov NERFINISHED → Fyodor Kostenko → Gusztáv Jány → Italo Gariboldi →
conflict	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 operation →
front	Voronezh Front →
historicalPeriod	1940s →
involvedUnit	Hungarian 7th Army Corps → Italian Alpine Corps → Soviet 18th Separate Rifle Corps → Soviet 3rd Tank Army → Soviet 40th Army →
location	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 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 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 of World War II →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ("Ostrogozhsk–Rossoshansk operation") →	alsoKnownAs
Italian 8th Army →	engagedIn
Voronezh Front →	engagement
Middle Don offensive →	followedBy
Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 →	hasPart
Hungarian 2nd Army →	notableBattle
Hungarian 2nd Army →	sufferedLossesDuring