Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector)

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The Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) was the central Soviet defensive campaign in 1942 to halt and wear down the main thrust of the German advance into the city of Stalingrad during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation
strategic defensive operation
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
characteristic heavy casualties on both sides
intense street-by-street combat
urban defensive fighting
commandedBy Andrey Yeremenko NERFINISHED
Vasily Chuikov
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
endTime 1942-09-18
followedBy Operation Uranus
Stalingrad strategic offensive operation
hasObjective defend the city of Stalingrad
halt the main German advance into Stalingrad
wear down German offensive capabilities
involves 62nd Army
64th Army
German 4th Panzer Army
German 6th Army
Soviet Stalingrad Front
surface form: Stalingrad Front
location Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Soviet Union
Stalingrad
militaryBranch Red Army
notableFor key phase in turning the tide on the Eastern Front
stubborn Soviet defense against numerically and technically superior German forces
opponent Wehrmacht
opposedBy Army Group B
Friedrich Paulus
partOf Battle of Stalingrad
Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: Soviet–German War

Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stalingrad strategic defensive operation
precededBy German 1942 summer offensive Case Blue
surface form: German summer offensive Case Blue
result German advance slowed
Soviet forces maintained footholds in Stalingrad
set conditions for later Soviet counteroffensive
startTime 1942-07-17
strategicRole central Soviet defensive campaign at Stalingrad
theater Eastern Front of World War II
timePeriod 1942

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Stalingrad strategic defensive operations (flank sector) relatedTo Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector)
Mikhail Shumilov notableWork Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector)
this entity surface form: defense of Stalingrad
Operation Winter Storm front Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector)
this entity surface form: Stalingrad sector of the Eastern Front
Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) partOf Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stalingrad strategic defensive operation
Soviet 57th Army tookPartIn Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector)
this entity surface form: Stalingrad strategic defensive operation
64th Army participatedIn Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector)
this entity surface form: Stalingrad strategic defensive operation