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'''Operation Gallop''' ({{lang-ru|Операция «Скачок», [[romanization of Russian|romanised]]: ''Operatsiya "Skachok"''}}) was a [[Red Army|Soviet Army]] |
'''Operation Gallop''' ({{lang-ru|Операция «Скачок», [[romanization of Russian|romanised]]: ''Operatsiya "Skachok"''}}) was a [[Red Army|Soviet Army]] offensive in January 1943 on the [[Eastern Front of World War II]]. The operation was part of a series of counteroffensives after the encirclement of [[Battle of Stalingrad|Stalingrad]]. [[STAVKA|Soviet High Command]], expecting the collapse of the German frontline in Southern Russia and Northeast Ukraine, launched a series of counteroffensives to exploit the weak German situation. The operation was launched on 29 January in conjunction with [[Operation Star]] and aimed against [[Voroshilovgrad]], [[Donetsk]] and then towards the Sea of Azov to cut off all German forces east of Donetsk. It was led by the [[Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)|Southwestern Front]], commanded by [[Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin]]. The offensive was initially successful as the Soviets broke through andtThe Germans were pushed back to west of Voroshilovgrad.<ref name=g1437/><ref name=N5464/> |
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In face of a total collapse in the south the Germans reorganized and created a new [[Army Group South]] out of the shattered forces of [[Army Group A]], [[Army Group B|B]] and [[Army Group Don|Don]], placed under the command of [[Erich von Manstein]]. The Soviet offensives ultimately outran their supply lines, and during [[Third Battle of Kharkov| a counteroffensive at Kharkov]], the Germans were able to halt the progress.<ref name=g1437>Glantz (1995), pp. 143–147.</ref><ref name=N5464>Nipe (2000), pp. 54–64, 67ff, 100.</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:33, 2 February 2017
Operation Gallop (Template:Lang-ru) was a Soviet Army offensive in January 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II. The operation was part of a series of counteroffensives after the encirclement of Stalingrad. Soviet High Command, expecting the collapse of the German frontline in Southern Russia and Northeast Ukraine, launched a series of counteroffensives to exploit the weak German situation. The operation was launched on 29 January in conjunction with Operation Star and aimed against Voroshilovgrad, Donetsk and then towards the Sea of Azov to cut off all German forces east of Donetsk. It was led by the Southwestern Front, commanded by Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin. The offensive was initially successful as the Soviets broke through andtThe Germans were pushed back to west of Voroshilovgrad.[1][2]
In face of a total collapse in the south the Germans reorganized and created a new Army Group South out of the shattered forces of Army Group A, B and Don, placed under the command of Erich von Manstein. The Soviet offensives ultimately outran their supply lines, and during a counteroffensive at Kharkov, the Germans were able to halt the progress.[1][2]
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Bibliography
- Glantz, David M. (1995). When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-70060-899-0.
- Nipe, George M. Jr. (2000). Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein's Kharkov Counteroffensive—February–March 1943. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-76431-186-7.