# Operation Gallop > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Operation_Gallop > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Operation_Gallop.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gallop > Source revision: 1347375370 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1943 military operation during World War II You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (May 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. 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Operation Gallop Part of the Eastern Front of World War II Date 29 January – 18 February 1943 Location Donbas Result German victory Belligerents Germany Soviet Union Commanders and leaders Erich von Manstein Nikolai Vatutin Strength Initial strength [1] 160,000 men 160 tanks Initial strength[1] 325,000 men 362 tanks v t e Case Blue to 3rd Kharkov Blue Voronezh 2nd Rostov Caucasus Fischreiher Kalach Izbushensky Stalingrad Little Saturn Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Voronezh-Kastornensk Gallop Star 3rd Kharkov **Operation Gallop** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Операция Скачок, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Russian): *Operatsiya Skachok*) was a [Soviet Army](/source/Red_Army) operation on the [Eastern Front](/source/Eastern_Front_of_World_War_II) of [World War II](/source/World_War_II). The operation was part of a series of counteroffensives after the [encirclement of Stalingrad](/source/Battle_of_Stalingrad) (now Volgograd) following the [German Summer offensive in 1942](/source/Case_Blue). The [Soviet High Command](/source/STAVKA) expected a collapse of the German front line in southern Russia and northeast Ukraine and launched a number of counteroffensives to exploit the weak German situation. The operation was launched on 29 January 1943 in conjunction with [Operation Star](/source/Operation_Star) and aimed against [Voroshilovgrad](/source/Voroshilovgrad) (Luhansk), [Donetsk](/source/Donetsk), and then towards the Sea of Azov to cut off all German forces east of Donetsk. It was conducted by the [Southwestern Front](/source/Southwestern_Front_(Soviet_Union)), commanded by [Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin](/source/Nikolai_Fyodorovich_Vatutin). The offensive was initially successful as the Soviets broke through the weak German lines. The Germans were pushed back to a line west of Voroshilovgrad.[2][3] In the face of a total collapse in the south the German command arranged a number of reorganisations and created a new [Army Group South](/source/Army_Group_South) out of the shattered forces of the old Army Groups [A](/source/Army_Group_A), [B](/source/Army_Group_B), and [Don](/source/Army_Group_Don), under the command of [Erich von Manstein](/source/Erich_von_Manstein). The Soviet offensives, initially successful, ultimately outran their supply lines, and during [a counteroffensive at Kharkov](/source/Third_Battle_of_Kharkov), the Germans were able to regain momentum. The result would be a last German [strategic offensive at Kursk](/source/Battle_of_Kursk).[2][3] ## See also - [Case Blue](/source/Case_Blue) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGlantz199189_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGlantz199189_1-1) [Glantz 1991](#CITEREFGlantz1991), p. 89. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-g1437_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-g1437_2-1) Glantz (1995), pp. 143–147. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-N5464_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-N5464_3-1) Nipe (2000), pp. 54–64, 67ff, 100. ## Bibliography - Glantz, David M. (1991). [*From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942 – August 1943*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vAnKAgAAQBAJ). New York: Routledge. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-135-18130-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-135-18130-7). - Glantz, David M. (1995). [*When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler*](https://archive.org/details/whentitansclashe00glan_0). Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-70060-899-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-70060-899-0). - Nipe, George M. Jr. (2000). *Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein's Kharkov Counteroffensive—February–March 1943*. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-76431-186-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-76431-186-7). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Operation Gallop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gallop) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gallop?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.