Operation Braunschweig
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Operation Braunschweig was the German Wehrmacht’s 1942 summer offensive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus oil fields, forming the central phase of the broader Case Blue campaign on the Eastern Front in World War II.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Fischreiher | 2 |
| Operation Dampfhammer | 1 |
| Operation Edelweiss | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wehrmacht offensive
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Unternehmen Braunschweig ⓘ |
| belligerent | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
ⓘ
surface form:
German High Command (OKH)
|
| conflict |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front of World War II
|
| consequence |
encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad
ⓘ
overextension of German forces on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Stalingrad
ⓘ
German retreat from the Caucasus ⓘ |
| front | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| goal |
capture of Stalingrad
ⓘ
cutting Soviet supply and communication lines along the Volga River ⓘ depriving the Soviet Union of vital oil resources ⓘ seizure of Caucasus oil fields ⓘ |
| hasPart |
German advance into the Caucasus
ⓘ
German advance toward Stalingrad ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| implementedBy |
Wehrmacht
ⓘ
surface form:
German Wehrmacht
|
| location |
Caucasus
ⓘ
surface form:
Caucasus region
Southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Volgograd Oblast ⓘ
surface form:
Stalingrad region
|
| militaryBranch | German Army ⓘ |
| militaryObjective | decisive defeat of Soviet forces in southern USSR ⓘ |
| namedBy |
Wehrmacht
ⓘ
surface form:
German Wehrmacht
|
| opponent | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Red Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Case Blue
ⓘ
German 1942 summer campaign on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Operation Barbarossa
ⓘ
surface form:
German 1941 offensive Operation Barbarossa
|
| relatedTo |
Battle of Stalingrad
ⓘ
Case Blue ⓘ Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
surface form:
German Caucasus campaign
|
| result | partial German advance but ultimate strategic failure ⓘ |
| scope | operational-level campaign ⓘ |
| side | Axis powers ⓘ |
| startTime | 1942 ⓘ |
| strategicContext | German attempt to regain strategic initiative after winter 1941–1942 ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
capturing key oil-producing areas in the Caucasus
ⓘ
severing Soviet north–south communications along the Volga ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | summer 1942 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| typeOfAttack | strategic offensive ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Operation Fischreiher