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–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 ⓘ
Fyodor Kostenko ⓘ
Gusztáv Jány ⓘ
Italo Gariboldi ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
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 ⓘ
linked to: 40th Army
location Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

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 ⓘ
linked to: German Second 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 ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front

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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 ⓘ
Voronezh Front → engagement → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ⓘ
subject linked to: Soviet Voronezh Front
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → alsoKnownAs → Ostrogozhsk–Rossoshansk operation ⓘ
linked to: Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
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 ⓘ
Soviet winter counteroffensives on the Eastern Front → hasPart → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ⓘ