Donbas–Rostov strategic defensive operation

The Donbas–Rostov Strategic Defensive Operation (September 29 – November 16, 1941) was a defensive operation of the Southern Front and the left wing of the South–Western Front of the Red Army on the territory of Donbas during the World War II. During it, the Donbas and Rostov front–line defensive operations were carried out.

Not to be confused with Donbas operation (1941).
Donbas–Rostov Strategic Defensive Operation of 1941
Part of Great Patriotic War
DateSeptember 29 – November 16, 1941
Location
Donbas
Result Defeat of the Red Army
Disruption of the German plan to capture Rostov
Belligerents
 Soviet Union  Germany
 Romania
 Italy
 Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Semyon Timoshenko
Dmitry Ryabyshev
Yakov Cherevichenko		 Gerd von Rundstedt
Ewald von Kleist
Erich von Manstein
Strength
541,600 Unknown
Casualties and losses
143,313 (irrevocable)
17,263 (sanitary)		 Per Germans:
3,454 killed
660 missing
13,113 wounded: 352 

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