German 1942 summer offensive Case Blue
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Case Blue was the major German Wehrmacht summer offensive on the Eastern Front in 1942, aimed primarily at capturing the oil fields of the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad to cripple the Soviet Union’s war effort.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wehrmacht operation
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World War II Eastern Front campaign → military offensive → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fall Blau
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German 1942 summer offensive → |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
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| characteristic |
division of German forces between Stalingrad and the Caucasus
→
overextension of German forces → |
| commander |
Adolf Hitler
→
Fedor von Bock → Friedrich Paulus → Maximilian von Weichs → Wilhelm List → |
| conflict |
World War II
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| consequence |
encirclement of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad
→
heavy German and Axis losses → turning point on the Eastern Front → |
| country |
Nazi Germany
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| endDate |
1942-11-19
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| followedBy |
Soviet Operation Little Saturn
→
Soviet Operation Uranus → |
| includes |
Battle of Stalingrad
→
German advance into the Caucasus → |
| involves |
4th Panzer Army
→
6th Army → Army Group A → Army Group B → German Army Group South → Soviet Red Army → |
| location |
Caucasus region
→
Southern sector of the Eastern Front → Volga River region → southern Russia → |
| objective |
advance to the Volga River
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capture of Stalingrad → capture of the Caucasus oil fields → seizure of oil resources to cripple Soviet war effort → |
| opposedBy |
Soviet Union
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| partOf |
Eastern Front of World War II
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| precededBy |
Operation Barbarossa
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| result |
German strategic failure
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Soviet strategic victory → |
| startDate |
1942-06-28
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| strategicAim |
force the Soviet Union out of the war
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secure fuel supplies for the German war machine → |
| theater |
Eastern Front
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| timePeriod |
1942
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| year |
1942
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Case Blue
("German 1942 summer offensive")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
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followed |
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Operation Uranus
("German summer offensive Case Blue")
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precededBy |