✦ History

Part of Eastern Front (World War II)

Operation Gallop

January 29 – February 18, 1943 · Donets coal basin

Result German victory

Soviet forces tried to push through the Donbas toward the Dnieper after Stalingrad. German counterattacks halted and drove them back.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis powers

Allies of World War II

Germany
Soviet Union
Erich von Manstein military commander
Nikolai Vatutin military commander

Units

3rd Guards Army 10th Tank Corps 5th Mechanised Corps (Soviet Union) 143rd Rifle Division 14th Guards Rifle Division 195th Rifle Division 243rd Rifle Division 244th Rifle Division 41st Guards Rifle Division 50th Guards Rifle Division 54th Guards Rifle Division 60th Guards Rifle Division 61st Guards Rifle Division 62nd Guards Rifle Division