Romanian armies in the Battle of Stalingrad
| Battle of Stalingrad from Romania side | |||||||
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| Part of Battle of Stalingrad | |||||||
Romanian troops in the Don-Stalingrad area, 1942 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Romania Germany Hungary Italy Croatia | Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Petre Dumitrescu Constantin Constantinescu-Claps | Georgy Zhukov | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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North: 3rd Army South: 4th Army |
North: 1st Guards Army 5th Tank Army 21st Army 65th Army 3rd Guards Army South: 51st Army 57th Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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North: 171,256 men 140 tanks South: 75,380 men |
448,631+ men 10,819 artillery pieces 1,183 tanks 790 aircraft | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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158,854 casualties 100 tanks |
Heavy 127+ tanks | ||||||
Two Romanian armies, the Third and the Fourth, were involved in the Battle of Stalingrad, helping to protect the northern and southern flanks respectively, of the German 6th Army as it tried to conquer the city of Stalingrad defended by the Red Army in mid to late 1942. Underpowered and poorly equipped, these forces were unable to stop the Soviet November offensive (Operation Uranus), which punched through both flanks and left the German 6th Army encircled in Stalingrad. The Romanians suffered enormous losses, which effectively ended their offensive capability on the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war.