Donbass Strategic Offensive (July 1943) Donbass Strategic Offensive (July 1943) The Donbass Strategic Offensive was a military campaign fought in the Donets Basin from 17 July 1943 and 2 August 1943 between the German and Soviet armed forces on the Eastern Front of World War II. The Germans contained the Soviet offensive in its northern portion after initial gains and pushed the southern portion back to its starting point. In July 1943, while the Battle of Kursk was raging to the north, two German armies of Army Group South in the Donets Basin confronted two Soviet army groups on a 660-kilometer front. Stavka launched two
Italian Army in Russia Tridentina Division had led the final breakout assault at Nikolajewka. Many of the troops who managed to escape were frostbitten, critically ill, and deeply demoralized: for practical purposes, the Italian Army in Russia did not exist anymore by February 1943. Officially, ARMIR losses were 114,520 of the original 235,000 soldiers Armies with the Italian 8th Army and Army Group B at Stalingrad: Italian Army in Russia The Italian Army in Russia ("Armata Italiana in Russia", or ARMIR) was an army-sized unit of the Italian Royal Army ("Regio Esercito Italiano") which fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. The