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| Mius Offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
 Soldiers of the Waffen-SS examining the terrain (July 1943) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Germany |
 Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Erich von Manstein (Army Group South) Karl-Adolf Hollidt (Sixth Army) |
Rodion Malinovsky (Southwestern Front) Fyodor Tolbukhin (Southern Front) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 11 divisions |
474,220 1,846 tanks[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 21,369 killed, wounded, and missing |
At least 61,070 17,895 captured 730 tanks | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Frieser, 144
- Nipe, George M. Decision in the Ukraine: German Panzer Operations on the Eastern Front, Summer 1943. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8117-1162-3.
- Frieser, Karl-Heinz. Die Ostfront 1943/44: Der Krieg Im Osten Und an Den Nebenfronten. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2007, ISBN 978-3-421-06235-2.