Battle of Rostov (1941)
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The Battle of Rostov (1941) was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in which Soviet forces halted and then pushed back the German advance, marking one of the first significant Soviet counteroffensives against the Wehrmacht.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Rostov (1941) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2469106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Rostov (1941) Context triple: [Donbass defensive operations (1941), relatedEvent, Battle of Rostov (1941)]
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Battle of Voronezh (1942)
The Battle of Voronezh (1942) was a major Eastern Front clash during World War II in which German and Axis forces fought the Soviet Red Army for control of the strategically vital city of Voronezh, serving as a prelude to the German summer offensive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus.
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Battle of the Don River (1943)
The Battle of the Don River (1943) was a major Eastern Front engagement during World War II in which Axis forces, including Hungarian troops, suffered devastating losses against the advancing Soviet Red Army along the Don River.
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C.
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
The Battle of Smolensk (1941) was a major early Eastern Front engagement in World War II, where Soviet forces mounted a significant defensive and counteroffensive effort that slowed the German advance toward Moscow.
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D.
Battle of Perekop (1941)
The Battle of Perekop (1941) was a World War II engagement in which German and Romanian forces broke through Soviet defenses to seize the gateway to the Crimean Peninsula.
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Battle of Odessa (1941)
The Battle of Odessa (1941) was a major World War II siege on the Black Sea port of Odessa, where Axis forces led by Romania fought to capture the heavily fortified city from the Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Rostov (1941) Target entity description: The Battle of Rostov (1941) was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in which Soviet forces halted and then pushed back the German advance, marking one of the first significant Soviet counteroffensives against the Wehrmacht.
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A.
Battle of Voronezh (1942)
The Battle of Voronezh (1942) was a major Eastern Front clash during World War II in which German and Axis forces fought the Soviet Red Army for control of the strategically vital city of Voronezh, serving as a prelude to the German summer offensive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus.
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B.
Battle of the Don River (1943)
The Battle of the Don River (1943) was a major Eastern Front engagement during World War II in which Axis forces, including Hungarian troops, suffered devastating losses against the advancing Soviet Red Army along the Don River.
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C.
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
The Battle of Smolensk (1941) was a major early Eastern Front engagement in World War II, where Soviet forces mounted a significant defensive and counteroffensive effort that slowed the German advance toward Moscow.
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D.
Battle of Perekop (1941)
The Battle of Perekop (1941) was a World War II engagement in which German and Romanian forces broke through Soviet defenses to seize the gateway to the Crimean Peninsula.
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E.
Battle of Odessa (1941)
The Battle of Odessa (1941) was a major World War II siege on the Black Sea port of Odessa, where Axis forces led by Romania fought to capture the heavily fortified city from the Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
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battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | First Battle of Rostov ⓘ |
| combatant |
Red Army
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Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| commander |
Ewald von Kleist
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Semyon Budyonny ⓘ Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| date | November 1941 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
German Wehrmacht operational records
ⓘ
Soviet military histories of the Great Patriotic War ⓘ |
| endTime | 1941-11-28 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
German summer offensive of 1942
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surface form:
German summer offensive of 1942 (Case Blue)
Battle of Rostov (1942) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Battle of Rostov (1942)
|
| follows | German advance in Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| hasCause | German 1941 offensive towards the Caucasus and Rostov-on-Don ⓘ |
| hasPhase |
German capture of Rostov-on-Don
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Soviet counterattack and recapture of Rostov-on-Don ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
1941 in World War II
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1941 in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| impact |
boosted Soviet morale after earlier defeats on the Eastern Front
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demonstrated limits of German offensive capability in late 1941 on the Southern Front ⓘ |
| involvesMilitaryUnit |
German 1st Panzer Army
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Soviet 37th Army ⓘ Soviet 56th Army ⓘ Soviet 9th Army ⓘ Soviet Southern Front ⓘ |
| location |
Rostov-on-Don
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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| militaryTactic |
German armoured thrust towards Rostov-on-Don
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Soviet counteroffensive against overstretched German panzer forces ⓘ |
| opponent |
Nazi Germany
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| outcome |
German forces withdrew from Rostov-on-Don
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Soviet forces recaptured Rostov-on-Don ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Front of World War II
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surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of the Sea of Azov
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German advance through the Donbas region ⓘ |
| result | Soviet victory ⓘ |
| significance |
first major Soviet counteroffensive to retake a city from the Wehrmacht
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halted the German advance towards the Caucasus in late 1941 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1941-11-17 ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
control of the gateway to the Caucasus
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securing crossings over the Don River ⓘ |
| theatreOfWar | Southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Rostov (1941) Description of subject: The Battle of Rostov (1941) was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in which Soviet forces halted and then pushed back the German advance, marking one of the first significant Soviet counteroffensives against the Wehrmacht.
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