Operation Little Saturn
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Operation Little Saturn was a major Soviet offensive in December 1942 aimed at exploiting the encirclement of German forces near Stalingrad by striking deeper into Axis rear areas and collapsing their southern front.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Little Saturn canonical | 18 |
| Operation Saturn | 1 |
| Operation Saturn (revised as Little Saturn) | 1 |
| Soviet Operation Little Saturn | 1 |
| Soviet counteroffensive Operation Little Saturn | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military operation
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military offensive ⓘ |
| aim |
to collapse the southern wing of the German front
ⓘ
to exploit the encirclement of German forces at Stalingrad ⓘ to strike into Axis rear areas ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Malyi Saturn ⓘ |
| belligerent | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Filipp Golikov
ⓘ
Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| consequence |
German retreat from the Caucasus threatened
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collapse of the Italian 8th Army ⓘ facilitated isolation of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad ⓘ severe losses for Axis satellite armies ⓘ weakening of German Army Group A position in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| endDate | 1943-02-06 ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Soviet Southwestern Front
ⓘ
Soviet Stalingrad Front ⓘ Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ |
| location |
Don River
ⓘ
surface form:
Don River region
Eastern Front ⓘ Rostov-on-Don direction ⓘ Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
surface form:
Voronezh Front area
southwestern sector of the Soviet–German front ⓘ |
| modificationReason | German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm) ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Hungary
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Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Romania ⓘ |
| originallyPlannedAs |
Operation Little Saturn
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Operation Saturn
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| partOf |
Eastern Front
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surface form:
Eastern Front of World War II
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| plannedBy |
Soviet High Command
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Stavka
|
| precededBy | Operation Uranus ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ |
| result | Soviet victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1942-12-16 ⓘ |
| strategy | deep penetration of Axis rear and logistical lines ⓘ |
| targetedUnit |
Army Group Don
ⓘ
surface form:
German Army Group Don
Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ Italian 8th Army ⓘ Romanian forces on the Don ⓘ |
| theater | Southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| year |
1942
ⓘ
1943 ⓘ |
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Operation Saturn (revised as Little Saturn)
this entity surface form:
Operation Saturn
subject surface form:
Case Blue
this entity surface form:
Soviet Operation Little Saturn
German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm)
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relatedOperation
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Operation Little Saturn
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subject surface form:
Operation Winter Storm
German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm)
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reasonForFailure
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Operation Little Saturn
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subject surface form:
Operation Winter Storm
this entity surface form:
Soviet counteroffensive Operation Little Saturn
subject surface form:
Operation Uranus