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 .

Following the Soviet advance Cause_to_make_progress to the Dnieper in the Battle of the Dnieper during late 1943 , German forces managed Control to hold to the Nikopol bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper , the area of manganese ore mines of crucial importance to German war production that Adolf Hitler insisted on holding Defending .

Nikopol fell Motion_directional on 8 February , but despite heavy losses Earnings_and_losses the troops in the bridgehead , including the German IV Army Corps , were able to retreat Escaping across the Dnieper .

Therefore , destroying Destroying the fortresses of Silistria Nikopol , Kutuzov took off Conquering with his main forces to Ruse and Giurgiu .