Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive

January 24 – February 17, 1943

Result Soviet victory

Soviet armies attacked German, Hungarian and Italian forces around Voronezh. They retook the city and advanced westward as part of the winter 1943 counteroffensive.

Contemporaries

Axis powers

Allies of World War II

Germany

Hungary

Soviet Union

Maximilian von Weichs military commander

Aleksandr Vasilevsky military commander

Filipp Golikov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 987,000
Casualties: 75,000
Tanks: 2,100
Aircraft: 1,100

Units

2nd Army (Wehrmacht) Second Army (Hungary) LV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

Bryansk Front Voronezh Front 60th Army (Soviet Union) 100th Rifle Division 107th Rifle Division 121st Rifle Division 132nd Rifle Division 137th Rifle Division 141st Rifle Division 148th Rifle Division 15th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation) 183rd Rifle Division 206th Rifle Division 211th Rifle Division 219th Rifle Division 237th Rifle Division 240th Rifle Division