Operation Büffel
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Operation Büffel was a 1943 German military withdrawal operation on the Eastern Front, involving a planned retreat and scorched-earth tactics to shorten and consolidate their defensive lines against the Soviet Union.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German military operation
ⓘ
World War II military operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Büffelbewegung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTactic |
delaying actions
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demolition of bridges ⓘ demolition of railways ⓘ destruction of infrastructure ⓘ evacuation of population ⓘ mining of roads ⓘ planned retreat ⓘ scorched earth ⓘ |
| belligerentRole | German defensive maneuver ⓘ |
| conflict | Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
destruction of local economy in withdrawal zone
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devastation of evacuated areas ⓘ displacement of civilian population ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
conduct planned withdrawal from exposed salients
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consolidate German defensive positions ⓘ shorten German defensive lines ⓘ |
| hasPartOf | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1943 on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| implementedBy | German Army Group Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| location |
Eastern Front
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | buffalo ⓘ |
| natureOfOperation |
defensive operation
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strategic retreat ⓘ withdrawal operation ⓘ |
| objective |
deny resources to advancing Soviet forces
ⓘ
slow Soviet advance ⓘ |
| opponent |
Red Army
NERFINISHED
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Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Nazi Germany
NERFINISHED
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Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | German strategic withdrawals on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| result | German withdrawal to shorter defensive line ⓘ |
| side | Axis powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1943 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Soviet–German front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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