Back Операция Пръстен Bulgarian Operaatio Koltso Finnish Opération Koltso (1943) French מבצע טבעת HE Operazione Anello Italian Operacja Pierścień Polish Операция «Кольцо» (1943) Russian Операція «Кільце» Ukrainian Chiến dịch Cái Vòng (1943) Vietnamese 戒指行动 Chinese
| Operation Ring | |||||||
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| Part of the Battle of Stalingrad during the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Soviet Union |
 Germany Romania | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Konstantin Rokossovsky |
Friedrich Paulus  Hans von Arenstof Heinrich Deboi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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212,000 troops 6,860 guns and mortars 257 tanks 300 aircraft[1] 281,158 soldiers (Glantz)[2] |
250,000 soldiers 4,130 guns and mortars 300 tanks 100 aircraft[1] 212,000 soldiers (Glantz)[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 48,000 (12,000 KIA, MIA)[4] |
250,000 ~100,000 KIA, MIA 107,800 captured 6,000 evacuated[3] | ||||||
Operation Koltso (Operation Ring) was the last part of the Battle of Stalingrad. It resulted in the capitulation of the remaining Axis forces encircled in the city. The operation was likely the largest-scale economy-of-force offensive ever conducted in military history.[5]
- ^ a b The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945. A Brief History, pp. 198-199
- ^ David Glantz, Endgame at Stalingrad, The Stalingrad Trilogy Volume III: Book Two (2014), 582.
- ^ a b David Glantz, Endgame at Stalingrad, The Stalingrad Trilogy Volume III: Book Two (2014), 581.
- ^ David Glantz, Endgame at Stalingrad, The Stalingrad Trilogy Volume III: Book Two (2014), 599.
- ^ David Glantz, Endgame at Stalingrad, The Stalingrad Trilogy Volume III: December 1942–February 1943: Book Two (2014), 578.