Operation Koltso
| Operation Ring | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Battle of Stalingrad during the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| Soviet Union |
Germany Romania | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Konstantin Rokossovsky |
Friedrich Paulus Hans von Arenstof Heinrich Deboi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
|
212,000 troops 6,860 guns and mortars 257 tanks 300 aircraft 281,158 soldiers (Glantz) |
250,000 soldiers 4,130 guns and mortars 300 tanks 100 aircraft 212,000 soldiers (Glantz) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 48,000 (12,000 KIA, MIA) |
250,000 ~100,000 KIA, MIA 107,800 captured 6,000 evacuated | ||||||
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.