Operation Ring
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Operation Ring was the final Soviet offensive in early 1943 that crushed the remaining German forces in Stalingrad, effectively ending the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military offensive
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| aim | destroy Axis forces encircled in Stalingrad ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Operatsiya Koltso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy |
Don Front
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codenameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| commander |
Konstantin Rokossovsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nikolai Voronov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfFinalGermanCapitulation | 1943-02-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfPaulusSurrender | 1943-01-31 ⓘ |
| effect |
capture of Friedrich Paulus
ⓘ
end of organized German resistance in Stalingrad ⓘ surrender of German 6th Army ⓘ |
| endDate | 1943-02-02 ⓘ |
| front | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
German 6th Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Romanian units ⓘ |
| location |
Russian SFSR
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective | eliminate encircled German 6th Army ⓘ |
| opponent | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Friedrich Paulus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phaseOf | Soviet winter campaign of 1942–1943 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedBy |
Soviet High Command
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stavka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Operation Little Saturn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Uranus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | decisive Soviet victory ⓘ |
| significance |
major defeat for Wehrmacht
ⓘ
turning point on Eastern Front ⓘ |
| startDate | 1943-01-10 ⓘ |
| strategy | systematic reduction of German pocket ⓘ |
| tactics |
close-quarters urban combat
ⓘ
concentrated artillery bombardment ⓘ infantry assaults ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
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