Conflict: | Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive |
Partof: | the Eastern Front of World War II |
Place: | Ostrogozhsk, Rossosh |
Date: | 13 January 1943[1] – 27 January 1943 |
Coordinates: | 50.7°N 64°W |
Result: | Soviet victory |
Combatant1: | |
Commander1: | Gusztáv Jány Italo Gariboldi |
Commander2: | Filipp Golikov Pavel Rybalko |
Units1: | 2nd Army 8th Army |
Units2: | 6th Army 3rd Tank Army |
Strength1: | 260,000 |
Strength2: | Unknown |
Casualties2: | 4,500 dead[2] |
Casualties1: | 52,000 dead, 71,000 captured[3] |
The Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive (ru|Острогожско-Россошанская операция) was an offensive of the Voronezh Front on the Eastern Front of World War II against the Hungarian 2nd Army and parts of the Italian 8th Army as part of the Voronezh–Kharkov offensive.
The offensive came after Operation Little Saturn, made in support of the Stalingrad encirclement. The offensive was supported from the south by the right flank of the Soviet 6th Army and the 3rd Tank Army of Pavel Rybalko.