Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943)

Mius–Donets offensive
Part of The Eastern Front of World War II
The Soviet plan for the Donbas offensive (in German)
Date 17 July 1943 – 2 August 1943 (2 weeks and 2 days) Location Donets Basin, Soviet Union Result German victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Erich von Manstein	Fyodor Tolbukhin Rodion Malinovsky
Units involved
Army Group South 6th Army 1st Panzer Army	Southern Front 2nd Guards Army 5th Shock Army 28th Army 51st Army Southwestern Front 1st Guards Army 3rd Guards Army 8th Guards Army
Strength
6th Army[1] 197,888 men 1st Panzer Army:[2] 240,000 men Total: 440,000 men	Southern Front:[3] 443,021 men 8,919 guns and mortars 679 tanks Southwestern Front:[4] 565,000 men Total: 1,009,000 men
Casualties and losses
6th Army 3,298 [5] KIA 15,817[6] WIA 2,254[7] MIA 1st Panzer Army 19,930[8] KIA, MIA, WIA Total: 41,299 KIA, MIA, WIA	Southwestern Front 19,029[9] KIA and MIA 51,757[10] WIA Southern Front 22,786[11] KIA and MIA 71,411[12] WIA Total: 164,983 KIA, MIA, WIA

The First Donbas strategic offensive was a military campaign fought in the Donets Basin from 17 July to 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.