✦ History

Part of World War II

Battle of Voronezh (1942)

June 28 – July 24, 1942 · Voronezh

Result Axis victory

German forces attacked toward Voronezh at the start of their summer offensive in southern Russia. They took most of the city, but the fighting delayed their advance to the Volga.

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Axis

Allies

Germany
Hungary
Kingdom of Romania
Italy
Slovak Republic
Soviet Union
Fedor von Bock military commander Maximilian von Weichs military commander Wilhelm List military commander Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist military commander Hermann Hoth military commander Friedrich Paulus military commander
Rodion Malinovsky military commander Semyon Timoshenko military commander Andrei Grechko military commander Anton Lopatin military commander Kirill Moskalenko military commander Filipp Golikov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
975,000
Strength
1,310,800
Casualties
568,347
Wounded
197,825

Units

Army Group A Army Group B Army Group South 17th Army (Wehrmacht) 1st Panzer Army 2nd Army (Wehrmacht) 4th Panzer Army 6th Army (Wehrmacht) Second Army (Hungary) VII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 387th Infantry Division 57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
Bryansk Front Southwestern Front (Soviet Union) Voronezh Front 12th Army (Soviet Union) 13th Army (Soviet Union) 18th Army (Soviet Union) 21st Army (Soviet Union) 24th Army (Soviet Union) 28th Army (Soviet Union) 37th Army (Soviet Union) 38th Army (Soviet Union) 3rd Army (Soviet Union) 40th Army (Soviet Union) 48th Army 56th Army (Soviet Union) 57th Army (Soviet Union) 60th Army (Soviet Union) 6th Guards Combined Arms Army 9th Army (Soviet Union) 2nd Tank Corps 107th Rifle Division 121st Rifle Division 132nd Rifle Division 15th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 4th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 51st Rifle Division 6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)