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Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943)

Not to be confused with Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943).
Mius–Donets offensive
Part of The Eastern Front of World War II

The Soviet plan for the Donbas offensive (in German)
Date17 July 1943 – 2 August 1943
(2 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Donets Basin, Soviet Union
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Erich von Manstein Soviet Union Fyodor Tolbukhin
Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky
Units involved

Nazi Germany Army Group South

Soviet Union Southern Front

Soviet Union Southwestern Front

Strength
6th Army[1]
197,888 men
1st Panzer Army:[2] 240,000 men
Total: 440,000 men		 Southern Front:[3]
443,021 men
8,919 guns and mortars
679 tanks
Southwestern Front:[4]
565,000 men
Total: 1,009,000 men
Casualties and losses
6th Army
3,298 [5] KIA
15,817[6] WIA
2,254[7] MIA
1st Panzer Army
19,930[8] KIA, MIA, WIA
Total:
41,299 KIA, MIA, WIA		 Southwestern Front
19,029[9] KIA and MIA
51,757[10] WIA
Southern Front
22,786[11] KIA and MIA
71,411[12] WIA
Total:
164,983 KIA, MIA, WIA

The First Donbas strategic offensive, also known as the Mius-Donets Offensive,[13] was a military campaign fought in the Donets Basin from 17 July to 2 August 1943, between the German and Soviet armed forces on the Eastern Front of World War II. The Germans contained the Soviet offensive in its northern portion after initial gains and pushed the southern portion back to its starting point.

  1. ^ Донбасс 1943, Москва, 2023, p. 41
  2. ^ Донбасс 1943, Москва, 2023, p. 41
  3. ^ Боевой и численный состав вооруженных сил СССР в период Великой Отечественной Войны (1941-1945 гг.). Статистический сборник №7. (1 июля 1943 года). М.: ИВИ МО РФ. 1996. — С.147.
  4. ^ РОССИЯ И СССР В ВОЙНАХ XX ВЕКА, Москва, 2001, p. 288
  5. ^ Донбасс 1943, 2023, p. 158
  6. ^ Донбасс 1943, 2023, p. 158
  7. ^ Донбасс 1943, 2023, p. 158
  8. ^ Донбасс 1943, 2023, p. 100
  9. ^ Донбасс 1943, 2023, p. 158
  10. ^ Донбасс 1943, 2023, p. 158
  11. ^ Донбасс 1943, 2023, p. 100
  12. ^ Донбасс 1943, 2023, p. 100
  13. ^ Frieser, Karl-Heinz (2007). "Die Schlacht im Kursker Bogen". In Frieser, Karl-Heinz; et al. (eds.). Die Ostfront 1943/44: Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Vol. 8. Munich: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 83–208, here: 144. ISBN 9783421062352.
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