Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II

Gains in the south after the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Date18–31 January 1942
Location
North-Eastern Ukraine, near Barvinkove
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Fedor von Bock Rodion Malinovsky
Fyodor Kostenko
Units involved
Army Group South
Casualties and losses
25,000
(Russian estimate)
Unknown

The Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II; it took place between 18 and 31 January 1942. The Red Army advanced 90–100 kilometres (56–62 mi) and destroyed 3 German divisions (298th, 68 and 257th Infantry Divisions). According to Soviet data, Nazi Germany lost 25,000 soldiers. According to German sources, some 5,000 soldiers were lost.