✦ History

Gumbinnen Operation

October 16–27, 1944 · East Prussia

Result German victory

Soviet armies attacked into East Prussia toward Gumbinnen and Goldap. German defenders stopped them with heavy losses, and the Soviets were pushed back.

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Germany

Soviet Union

Germany
Soviet Union
Georg-Hans Reinhardt military commander Friedrich Hoßbach military commander Erhard Raus military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
377,300
Wounded
62,708

Units

Army Group Centre Panzer Group 3 4th Army (Wehrmacht) IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
3rd Belorussian Front 11th Guards Army 28th Army (Soviet Union) 31st Army (Soviet Union) 39th Army (Soviet Union) 5th Guards Combined Arms Army 130th Rifle Division 144th Rifle Division 152nd Rifle Division 157th Rifle Division 159th Rifle Division (1943–1946) 16th Guards Rifle Division 20th Rifle Division 220th Rifle Division 26th Guards Rifle Division 371st Rifle Division 48th Guards Rifle Division 50th Guards Rifle Division 5th Guards Rifle Division 83rd Guards Rifle Division 84th Guards Rifle Division 88th Rifle Division 91st Guards Rifle Division 96th Guards Rifle Division 97th Rifle Division 1st Air Army