German summer offensive of 1942

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The German summer offensive of 1942 was a major World War II campaign on the Eastern Front in which Nazi Germany sought to seize the Soviet Union’s southern oil fields and the city of Stalingrad, ultimately leading to catastrophic losses and a turning point in the war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front operation ⓘ
World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
characteristic division of German forces between Stalingrad and Caucasus ⓘ
overextension of German supply lines ⓘ
codename Fall Blau ⓘ
commander Fedor von Bock ⓘ
Friedrich Paulus ⓘ
Hermann Hoth ⓘ
Wilhelm List ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
endDate 1942-11 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Uranus ⓘ
Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad ⓘ
hasAlias Case Blue ⓘ
Fall Blau ⓘ
involvedUnit Army Group A ⓘ
Army Group B ⓘ
German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ
German 6th Army ⓘ
Hungarian forces allied with Germany ⓘ
Italian forces allied with Germany ⓘ
Romanian forces allied with Germany ⓘ
keyBattle Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
location Caucasus ⓘ
Stalingrad ⓘ
southern Russia ⓘ
southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
objective capture of Soviet southern oil fields ⓘ
capture of Stalingrad ⓘ
cutting Soviet access to oil supplies ⓘ
seizure of the Caucasus region ⓘ
opposedBy Red Army ⓘ
participant Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
plannedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
surface form: German High Command
precededBy Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
result catastrophic German losses ⓘ
decisive Soviet strategic victory ⓘ
encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad ⓘ
failure to secure Caucasus oil fields ⓘ
significance shifted strategic initiative to the Soviet Union ⓘ
turning point on the Eastern Front ⓘ
startDate 1942-06-28 ⓘ
strategy deep advance toward Volga and Caucasus ⓘ

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Battle of the Don Bend → precededBy → German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
Army Group A → notableOperation → German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
German 17th Army → tookPartIn → German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
Battle of Rostov (1941) → followedBy → German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
this entity surface form: German summer offensive of 1942 (Case Blue)
Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → precededBy → German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
Battle of Velikiye Luki → precededBy → German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
this entity surface form: German summer offensive of 1942 on the Eastern Front