Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943)

July 17 – August 2, 1943 · Donbas

Result German victory

Soviet armies attacked German defences along the Mius River and the Donets Basin. The Germans contained the offensive after bringing in reinforcements and pushed the Soviets back.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis powers

Allies of World War II

Germany

Soviet Union

Erich von Manstein military commander

Rodion Malinovsky military commander

Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 1,009,000

Units

Army Group South 1st Panzer Army 6th Army (Wehrmacht)

Southwestern Front (Soviet Union) 1st Guards Army (Soviet Union) 28th Army (Soviet Union) 2nd Guards Army 3rd Guards Army 51st Army (Russia) 5th Shock Army 8th Guards Combined Arms Army 126th Rifle Division 130th Rifle Division 151st Rifle Division 248th Rifle Division 259th Rifle Division 33rd Guards Rifle Division 86th Guards Rifle Division 96th Guards Rifle Division