Stalingrad strategic offensive operation

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Soviet military operation World War II battle military offensive

The Stalingrad strategic offensive operation was a major Soviet counteroffensive in late 1942–early 1943 that encircled and destroyed a large German force at Stalingrad, marking a decisive turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Stalingrad strategic offensive operation canonical 4
Stalingrad campaign 2
Battle of Stalingrad area operations 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation ⓘ
World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
surface form: Stalingrad offensive

Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
surface form: Stalingrad strategic offensive
belligerent Axis powers ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
casualties hundreds of thousands killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
component Operation Little Saturn ⓘ
Operation Ring ⓘ
Operation Uranus ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1943-02-02 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 ⓘ
surface form: Soviet winter offensives of 1943
front Soviet Don Front ⓘ
Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ
Soviet Stalingrad Front ⓘ
involvedUnit German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ
German 6th Army ⓘ
Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ
Italian 8th Army ⓘ
Romanian 3rd Army ⓘ
Romanian 4th Army ⓘ
location Southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
Stalingrad ⓘ
Volga region ⓘ
surface form: Volga River region
militaryTheater Eastern Front ⓘ
objective destroy German 6th Army ⓘ
encircle German forces at Stalingrad ⓘ
opposingCommander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Friedrich Paulus ⓘ
Hermann Hoth ⓘ
partOf Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
precededBy German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
result decisive Soviet victory ⓘ
encirclement of German 6th Army ⓘ
surrender of German 6th Army ⓘ
turning point on the Eastern Front ⓘ
significance boosted Soviet morale ⓘ
marked beginning of large-scale Soviet offensives westward ⓘ
weakened German strategic initiative on the Eastern Front ⓘ
startDate 1942-11-19 ⓘ
strategy double envelopment ⓘ

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Stalingrad strategic defensive operations (flank sector) → relatedTo → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
Don River → historicalEvent → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Stalingrad area operations
Army Detachment Hollidt → campaign → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stalingrad campaign
Kalach-na-Donu → significantEvent → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stalingrad strategic operations
Kalach-na-Donu → partOfHistoricalEvent → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stalingrad campaign
Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → alsoKnownAs → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stalingrad offensive
Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → alsoKnownAs → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stalingrad strategic offensive
Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) → followedBy → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
Soviet 57th Army → tookPartIn → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
64th Army → tookPartIn → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad
64th Army → participatedIn → Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ