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Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive
	Part of World War II
Date	January 13–27, 1943
Location	Ostrogozhsk, Rossosh
Result	Soviet victory
Belligerents
Hungary; Italy	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Gusztáv Jány; Italo Gariboldi	Pavel Rybalko
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
96000 - 135000	7,000 casualties

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The Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive (Russian: Острогожско-Россошанская операция) was an offensive of the Voronezh Front on the Eastern Front of World War II against the Hungarian 2nd Army and partially Italian 8th Army. The offensive was supported from the south by the right flank of the Soviet 6th Army and the 3rd Guards Tank Army of Pavel Rybalko.

^ Some sources give January 12 as the start of the operation. On this day the combat reconnaissance ("probing") was carried out by Soviet advance guard troops. The major Soviet forces were put into action on the next day.
^ "in two weeks of fighting the Hungarian Army suffered terrible losses. Out of 200,000 men 40,000 KIA, 35,000 WIA and 60,000 became POW." - Ignac Romsics: The history of Hungary in the 20th century, 255p., Osiris, 1999.; ISBN 963 379 548 6
^ "On 1 January 1943, the strength of the army was 204,334 men... on 6 April it was only 108,318. 28,044 WIA arrived home until April, 26,000 soldier captured by the Soviets and cca. 42,000 KIA or frozen. ... (The) casualties of the infantry in the first lines were enormous." - Krisztián Ungváry: The Hungarian Army in the Second World War,196p., Osiris, 2005.;ISBN 963 389 685 1

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