Battle of the Caucasus

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World War II battle military campaign

The Battle of the Caucasus was a major World War II campaign on the Eastern Front in which German and Axis forces attempted, but ultimately failed, to seize the oil-rich Caucasus region from the Soviet Union between 1942 and 1943.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Battle of the Caucasus canonical 9
Caucasus campaign 2
Battle for the Caucasus 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Axis powers ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
codename Fall Blau ⓘ
Operation Edelweiss ⓘ
commander Andrei Grechko ⓘ
Ewald von Kleist ⓘ
Ivan Tyulenev ⓘ
Semyon Budyonny ⓘ
Wilhelm List ⓘ
concurrentWith Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Hungary ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1943-10-09 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet counteroffensive in the North Caucasus ⓘ
frontLineFeature Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Kuban River ⓘ
Kuban bridgehead ⓘ
Taman Peninsula ⓘ
involvedUnit Army Group A ⓘ
Army Group B ⓘ
Soviet Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea Fleet

Luftwaffe ⓘ
North Caucasian Front ⓘ
Transcaucasian Front ⓘ
location Caucasus ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Transcaucasia
notableEvent German advance to the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
Soviet defense of the oil fields ⓘ
objective capture of Grozny oil fields ⓘ
capture of Maikop oil fields ⓘ
capture of the Caucasus oil fields ⓘ
seizure of Baku oil fields ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
outcome Axis forces forced to withdraw ⓘ
Axis offensive halted ⓘ
partOf Case Blue ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
result Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1942-07-25 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access routes between Europe and the Middle East ⓘ
control of oil resources ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

40th Army Corps → engagedIn → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
Operation Braunschweig → relatedTo → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Caucasus campaign
Commander of Army Group A → notableOperation → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
Army Group A → notableOperation → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caucasus campaign
Army Group A → participatedIn → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caucasus campaign
German 1st Panzer Army → engagedIn → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
German 17th Army → notableOperation → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
Luftflotte 4 → notableOperation → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
Novorossiysk amphibious operations (1943) → partOf → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle for the Caucasus
Battle of Kurukdere → location → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caucasus front
German summer offensive of 1942 → keyBattle → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus → campaign → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence of the Caucasus
17. Armee → notableBattle → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
German Army Group A → notableOperation → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
Soviet 56th Army → notableOperation → Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ