Donbas operation (1941)

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Donbas operation in 1941
Part of the Donbas–Rostov strategic defensive operation in the Eastern Front (World War II)
Date September 29 – November 4, 1941 Location Donbas Result German victory
Belligerents
Soviet Union	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Semyon Timoshenko Dmitry Ryabyshev Yakov Cherevichenko	Gerd von Rundstedt Ewald von Kleist Erich von Manstein
Units involved
9th and 18th Armies of the Southern Front	Tank Group "Kleist" 17th Army Parts of the 11th Army
Casualties and losses
18th Army Part of the 9th Army	Unknown

The Donbas Operation (September 29 – November 4, 1941) was a frontline defensive operation of the Soviet Red Army in the territory of Donbas on the Eastern Front of the Second World War in Europe. It was an integral part of the Donbas–Rostov Strategic Defensive Operation.