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    Operation Koltso (Operation Ring) was the last part of the Battle of Stalingrad. It resulted in the capitulation of the remaining Axis forces encircled...
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    Planning also began for Operation Koltso (Ring), which aimed at reducing German forces in the Stalingrad pocket. As Operation Uranus concluded, German...
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    of the entrapped forces at Stalingrad. With subsequent operations, in January and February 1943, the Soviet armies eventually reached and took Rostov as...
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  • Army Group B (category Military units and formations disestablished in 1943)
    Soviet Voronezh–Kharkov offensive (January – March 1943), the army group was dissolved on 9 February 1943 and its subordinate formations divided between Army...
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    Battle of Stalingrad (category 1943 in the Soviet Union)
    The Battle of Stalingrad (17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its...
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  • Stalingrad, (Russian: Сталинград) is a 1943 Soviet documentary film directed by Leonid Varlamov. The film illustrates the famous battle of the Red Army...
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  • Middle Don offensive (Operation Little Saturn) 16–30 December 1942 Operation Koltso (Operation Ring) 10 January – 2 February 1943 Second Rzhev–Sychyovka...
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    of 1941–45, including Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and the 1943 Battle of Kiev. The army...
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    Operation Uranus (Russian: Опера́ция «Ура́н», romanized: Operatsiya "Uran") was a Soviet 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation on the Eastern Front of...
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    the German 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad (July 1942 to February 1943). The battle ended in disaster for the Wehrmacht when Soviet forces encircled...
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    Stalingrad. The division was held in reserve during the Battle of Kursk in 1943, and thereafter retreated through Ukraine and Poland, before ending the war...
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  • process.: 183  In February 1943, another 9th Flak Division was formed in the Kuban bridgehead. Between 8 April and 10 May 1943, it scored kills against...
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    Konstantin Rokossovsky (category Soviet officers in Polish Army 1943-1968)
    counter-offensives at Stalingrad (1942–1943) and Kursk (1943). He was instrumental in planning and executing part of Operation Bagration (1944)—one of the most...
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    effort ("Operation Winter Storm"). Later known as the "backhand blow", Manstein's counteroffensive in the Third Battle of Kharkov (February–March 1943) regained...
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    leading up to Operation Citadel. In July 1943, Hoth commanded the 4th Panzer Army in the Battle of Kursk as part of Army Group South. Operation Citadel called...
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    on 2 February 1943. It committed war crimes at Babi Yar while under the command of Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau during Operation Barbarossa. The...
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    Eastern Front in November 1943 the division once more saw action in the southern sector, taking part in the relief operation of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket...
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    Italian Army in Russia (category Military units and formations disestablished in 1943)
    fought on the Eastern Front during World War II between July 1942 and April 1943. The ARMIR was also known as the 8th Italian Army and initially had 235,000 soldiers...
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    Aleksandr Vasilevsky (category Recipients of the Virtuti Militari (1943–1989))
    in the Red Army who attained the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943. He served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces (1942–1945)...
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  • Sixth Army, encircled by the Red Army as a result of Operation Uranus, surrendered in early February 1943. Adam, Wilhelm; Ruhle, Otto (2015). With Paulus at...
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  • the Second World War, which existed between September 1942 and February 1943, and was commanded during its entire existence by Konstantin Rokossovsky...
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    the Chechen wars. Zaitsev fought at the Battle of Stalingrad until January 1943, when a mortar attack injured his eyes. Some conflicting stories state it...
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    Viktor Pavičić (category 1943 deaths)
    Viktor Pavičić (15 October 1898 – 20 January 1943) was a Croatian military commander who led the 369th Reinforced Croatian Infantry Regiment, which fought...
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    February 1943) Generalleutnant Walther von Hünersdorff (7 February 1943 – 16 July 1943) Generalmajor Wilhelm Crisolli (16 July 1943 – 21 August 1943) Generalleutnant...
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  • 1895 – 5 November 1987) was an officer in the German military from 1914 to 1943. He attained the rank of Generalleutnant during World War II, and is best...
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    July 2019. Beevor, Antony (6 May 1999). Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943. London, England: Penguin Books. p. 198. ISBN 0-14-024985-0. Retrieved 1...
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    10 January 1943, after an artillery barrage, Operation Koltso was launched. For the operation, Voronov was awarded the Order of Suvorov 1st class. On...
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    fronts. He took part in the development and conduct of some operations. From March to June 1943 Timoshenko coordinated the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts during...
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  • The Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943), a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, often regarded as the single largest and bloodiest battle in the history...
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  • Army Group Don (category Military units and formations disestablished in 1943)
    1943 and was primarily concerned with the Battle of Stalingrad, which was concurrently fought. After a large-scale Soviet counterattack, "Operation Uranus"...
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