Don Front

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Soviet front Soviet military formation military unit

Don Front was a major Soviet military formation on the Eastern Front of World War II, instrumental in the encirclement and defeat of German forces at Stalingrad.

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet front → Soviet military formation → military unit →
branch	Ground forces →
commander	Konstantin Rokossovsky →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) → World War II →
country	Soviet Union →
formedFrom	Stalingrad Front →
locationOfOperations	Don River area → Stalingrad region →
notableBattle	Battle of Stalingrad →
notableCommander	Konstantin Rokossovsky →
notableFor	key role in the Battle of Stalingrad → participation in the encirclement of German 6th Army → participation in the final reduction of the Stalingrad pocket →
objective	destroy encircled German forces at Stalingrad → encircle German forces at Stalingrad →
operation	Operation Ring → Operation Uranus →
opponent	German 6th Army → Wehrmacht →
partOf	Red Army →
roleInBattle	defeat of German forces at Stalingrad → encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad →
side	Allies → Soviet Union →
subordinateTo	Soviet High Command → Stavka →
successor	Central Front →
theater	Eastern Front →
timePeriod	World War II →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Soviet 62nd Army → Soviet 64th Army →	subordinateTo
Romanian 3rd Army →	front
Operation Uranus →	frontInvolved
Operation Koltso →	militaryUnit