Operation Koltso

Operation Ring
Part of the Battle of Stalingrad during the Eastern Front of World War II
Date 10 January – 2 February 1943 Location Stalingrad Result Soviet victory
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]

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]