Middle Don offensive

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The Middle Don offensive was a major Soviet Red Army operation during the winter of 1942–1943 that helped shatter Axis forces on the Eastern Front and contributed to the broader turning of the tide against Germany in World War II.

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instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Middle Don offensive
surface form: Middle Don offensive operation

Middle Don offensive
surface form: Middle Don operation
belligerent Hungary
Kingdom of Italy
Nazi Germany
Romania
Soviet Union
combatantCommander Fyodor Tolbukhin
surface form: Fedor Tolbukhin

Filipp Golikov
Giovanni Messe
Gusztáv Jány
surface form: Gustav Jány

Italo Gariboldi
László Csatay
Nikolai Vatutin
Petre Dumitrescu
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
country Soviet Union
effect contributed to turning of the tide against Germany on Eastern Front
facilitated Soviet advances in southern Russia
weakened Axis front between Voronezh and Rostov
endTime 1943-02-06
followedBy Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive
location Don River
middle Don River
surface form: Middle Don River region

Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh area
Soviet Voronezh Front
surface form: Voronezh Front sector

southwestern Russia
objective to collapse the Italian 8th Army
to destroy Axis forces on the Middle Don
to encircle and destroy Hungarian 2nd Army units
opponent Axis powers
outcome Axis strategic setback on Eastern Front
destruction of large parts of Italian 8th Army
heavy losses for Hungarian 2nd Army
participant Soviet 18th Separate Rifle Corps
surface form: 18th Separate Rifle Corps

3rd Guards Army
40th Army
surface form: 40th Army (Soviet Union)

Hungarian 2nd Army
Italian 8th Army
Romanian 3rd Army
Southwestern Front
Soviet Voronezh Front
surface form: Voronezh Front
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
surface form: Red Army winter counteroffensives 1942–1943

Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
surface form: Soviet winter campaign of 1942–1943
result Soviet victory
startTime 1942-12-16
temporalRelation concurrent with Battle of Stalingrad

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Middle Don offensive alsoKnownAs Middle Don offensive
this entity surface form: Middle Don operation
Middle Don offensive alsoKnownAs Middle Don offensive
this entity surface form: Middle Don offensive operation