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Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date 13 January 1943 – 27 January 1943 Location Ostrogozhsk, Rossosh50°42′N 39°25′E / 50.700°N 39.417°E / 50.700; 39.417 Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Hungary  Italy	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Gusztáv Jány Italo Gariboldi	Filipp Golikov Pavel Rybalko
Units involved
2nd Army 8th Army	6th Army 3rd Tank Army
Strength
260,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
52,000 dead, 71,000 captured	33,000 killed or wounded

The Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive (Russian: 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.

References

1. Some sources give January 12 as the start of the operation. On this day the combat reconnaissance ("probing") was carried out by Soviet advance guard troops. The major Soviet forces were put into action on the next day.
2. Н.Шефов. Битвы России. АСТ Москва 2002. с 402

Bibliography

• (in Russian) Голиков Ф. И. Острогожско-Россошанская операция, Военно-исторический журнал, 1973, № 1.
• (in German) Thomas Schlemmer (Hrsg.) : Die Italiener an der Ostfront 1942/43: Dokumente zu Mussolinis Krieg gegen die Sowjetunion (übersetzt von Georg Kuck). München, Oldenbourg, 2005, 291 pages, Literaturverz. S. – 283. Schriftenreihe der Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 91, ISBN 3-486-57847-2.
• (in German) V. P. Morozov: Westlich von Woronesh: Kurzer militärhistorischer Abriss der ..., veröffentlicht 1959, Verlag des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung, 202 pages.
• (in Italian) Alessandro Massignani: Alpini e Tedeschi sul Don. Edizioni Gino Rossato, Novale-Valdagno (Vicenza) 1991.
• (in Italian) Mario Rigoni Stern: Ritorno sul Don. Einaudi 1973, Edizione collana Nuovi Coralli, ISBN 88-06-38026-5.

• Battles involving Hungary
• Battles of World War II involving Hungary
• Conflicts in 1943
• 1943 in the Soviet Union
• Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II
• Military operations of World War II involving Germany