The Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive ( ) was an offensive by the Red Army 's 3rd Ukrainian Front and elements of the 4th Ukrainian Front against the German 6th Army in the area of Nikopol and Krivoi Rog in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine between 30 January and .

In November and December , the 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Fronts conducted Action multiple unsuccessful attacks against the bridgehead , a salient centered Placing around the supply Supply base and rail junction of Apostolovo , and German troops in the Krivoi Rog area .

The IV Army Corps launched Military_operation an unsuccessful counterattack Attack against Apostolovo around this time , resulting in a temporary Soviet pause in order to prepare GetReady for the advance against Krivoi Rog , in the northwest portion of the salient .