Operation |
Losses** |
The Defence of Kiev, July–September 1941 |
700,564 casualties; 411 tanks, 28,419 artillery pieces and 343 aircraft. |
Battle of Smolensk, July–September 1941 |
344,926 casualties; 1,348 tanks, 9,290 artillery pieces and 903 aircraft. |
The Defence of Moscow, September–November 1941 |
658,279 casualties; 2,785 tanks, 3,832 artillery pieces and 293 aircraft. |
Siege of Sevastopol, October 1941–July 1942 |
200,481 casualties; no data on equipment losses. |
Rzhev–Vyazma Offensive, January–April 1942 |
776,889 casualties; 957 tanks, 7,296 artillery pieces and 550 aircraft. |
Kharkov Offensive, May 1942 |
277,190 casualties; 652 tanks, 1,646 artillery pieces and n/a aircraft. |
Battle of Stalingrad, July–November 1942 |
643,842 casualties; 1,426 tanks, 12,137 artillery pieces and 2,063 aircraft. |
Stalingrad Offensive, November 1942–February 1943 |
485,777 casualties; 2,915 tanks, 3,591 artillery pieces and 706 aircraft. |
Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive, November–December 1942 |
215,674 casualties; 1,655 tanks, n/a artillery pieces and n/a aircraft. |
Kharkov-Belgorod Offensive, March–August 1943 |
255,566 casualties; 1,864 tanks, 423 artillery pieces and 153 aircraft. |
Battle of Kursk, May–July 1943 |
177,847 casualties; 1,614 tanks, 3,929 artillery pieces and 459 aircraft. |
Lower Dnepr Offensive, September–December 1943 |
754,392 casualties; 2,639 tanks, 3,125 artillery pieces and 430 aircraft. |
Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive, January–April 1944 |
313,953 casualties; 462 tanks, 1,832 artillery pieces and 260 aircraft. |
Crimean Offensive, April–May 1944 |
84,819 casualties; 171 tanks, 521 artillery pieces and 179 aircraft. |
Byelorussian Offensive, June–August 1944 |
770,888 casualties; 2,957 tanks, 2,447 artillery pieces and 822 aircraft. |
Baltic Offensive, September–November 1944 |
280,090 casualties; 522 tanks, 2,593 artillery pieces and 779 aircraft. |
Budapest Offensive, October 1944–February 1945 |
320,082 casualties; 1,766 tanks, 4,127 artillery pieces and 293 aircraft. |
Vistula–Oder Offensive, January–February 1945 |
194,191 casualties; 1,267 tanks, 374 artillery pieces and 343 aircraft. |
East Prussian Offensive, January–April 1945 |
584,778 casualties; 3,525 tanks, 1,644 artillery pieces and 1,450 aircraft. |
Vienna Offensive, March–April 1945 |
177,745 casualties; 603 tanks, 764 artillery pieces and 614 aircraft. |
Berlin Offensive, April–May 1945 |
361,367 casualties; 1,997 tanks, 2,108 artillery pieces and 917 aircraft. |
Prague Offensive, May 1945 |
52,498 casualties; 373 tanks, 1,006 artillery pieces and 80 aircraft. |
* Courtesy Russell W. Schulke Jr, compiled from David Glantz’s figures.
** Figures used in the text for both sides are predominantly taken from the official Soviet history.