Gumbinnen Operation

Gumbinnen Operation
Part of Eastern Front of World War II

German Panther tank in Goldap, November 1944
Date16–30 October 1944
Location
East Prussia, Germany
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Units involved

Nazi Germany Army Group Centre:

Soviet Union 3rd Belorussian Front:

Strength
318 tanks, assault guns and tank destroyers[1] 377,300 men[2]
Casualties and losses

16,236 men[2]

6,801 killed or missing
9,435 wounded
115 tanks and assault guns destroyed[2]

79,527 men[2]

16,819 killed or missing
62,708 wounded
914 tanks and assault guns destroyed[2]

The Gumbinnen Operation,[3] also known as the Goldap Operation (or Goldap-Gumbinnen Operation, Russian: Гумбиннен-Гольдапская наступательная операция), was a Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front late in 1944, in which forces of the 3rd Belorussian Front attempted to penetrate the borders of East Prussia.

  1. ^ Frieser et al. 2007, p. 612.
  2. ^ a b c d e Frieser et al. 2007, p. 616.
  3. ^ Glantz, Failures of Historiography