✦ History

Part of Eastern Front (World War II), Battle of Stalingrad

Operation Uranus

November 19–23, 1942 · Volgograd

Result Soviet victory

The Soviet Red Army attacked the weak Romanian flanks north and south of Stalingrad. The attack encircled the German 6th Army in the city.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Axis

Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Kingdom of Romania
Joseph Stalin military commander Georgy Zhukov military commander Konstantin Rokossovsky military commander Nikolai Vatutin military commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky military commander Andrey Yeryomenko military commander
Adolf Hitler belligerent leader Italo Gariboldi military commander Petre Dumitrescu military commander Friedrich Paulus military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
1,143,500
Tanks
894
Aircraft
1,500
Guns
13,451

Units

Northwestern Operational Command 4th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 116th Rifle Division 119th Rifle Division 126th Rifle Division 138th Rifle Division 14th Guards Rifle Division 157th Rifle Division 159th Rifle Division (1942–1943) 15th Guards Rifle Division 169th Rifle Division 204th Rifle Division 214th Rifle Division 226th Rifle Division 233rd Rifle Division 248th Rifle Division 252nd Rifle Division 258th Rifle Division 260th Rifle Division 293rd Rifle Division 300th Rifle Division 302nd Rifle Division 304th Rifle Division 315th Rifle Division 321st Rifle Division 346th Rifle Division 40th Guards Rifle Division 422nd Rifle Division 4th Guards Rifle Division 50th Guards Rifle Division 61st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) 76th Rifle Division 81st Cavalry Division
Army Group B 22nd Panzer Division