German summer offensive of 1942

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Eastern Front operation World War II campaign military campaign

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
German summer offensive of 1942 canonical	4
German summer offensive of 1942 (Case Blue)	1
German summer offensive of 1942 on the Eastern Front	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

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