Operation Koltso
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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 in the city. The operation was likely the largest-scale economy-of-force offensive ever conducted in military history.[6]
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Operation Ring | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of Stalingrad during the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Soviet Union |
Germany Romania | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Konstantin Rokossovsky | Friedrich Paulus | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
212,000 troops 6,860 guns and mortars 257 tanks 300 aircraft [1] 281,158[2] |
250,000 soldiers 4,130 guns and mortars 300 tanks 100 aircraft [1] 212,000[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
48,000 (12,000 KIA, MIA)[4] |
250,000 ~100,000 KIA, MIA 107,800 captured 6,000 evacuated [5] |
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