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 ; 281,158	250,000 soldiers; 4,130 guns and mortars; 300 tanks; 100 aircraft ; 212,000
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.

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