Soviet 62nd Army

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Red Army formation field army

The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Soviet 62nd Army canonical 5
62nd Army 2
62nd Army after Battle of Stalingrad 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
allegiance Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
battle Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
branch Ground forces ⓘ
commander Andrey Yeremenko ⓘ
surface form: Andrey Yeryomenko

Anton Lopatin ⓘ
Vasily Chuikov ⓘ
Vladimir Kolpakchi ⓘ
composition artillery units ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
rifle divisions ⓘ
tank brigades ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union ⓘ
engagement urban warfare in Stalingrad ⓘ
garrisonLocation Stalingrad ⓘ
geographicAreaOfOperations Stalingrad ⓘ
surface form: Stalingrad and surrounding region
honor Guards status after Stalingrad ⓘ
languageOfCommand Russian ⓘ
laterDesignation 8th Guards Army ⓘ
militaryBranch Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
notableCommander Vasily Chuikov ⓘ
notableFor defense of Stalingrad ⓘ
notableUnitFeature continuous fighting within city perimeter for months ⓘ
opponent Axis forces at Stalingrad ⓘ
German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ
German 6th Army ⓘ
partOf Red Army ⓘ
primaryObjectiveAtStalingrad hold the city at all costs ⓘ
reputation high resilience under siege conditions ⓘ
stubborn defense ⓘ
roleInBattleOfStalingrad defense of the city ⓘ
sideInConflict Allies of World War II ⓘ
strategicSignificance contributed to turning the tide on the Eastern Front ⓘ
helped halt German advance to Volga ⓘ
subordinateTo Don Front ⓘ
Soviet High Command ⓘ
surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

Soviet Stalingrad Front ⓘ
surface form: Stalingrad Front
tactics close-quarters urban combat ⓘ
defense in depth within city ruins ⓘ
theater Southern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
Soviet Stalingrad Front ⓘ
surface form: Stalingrad Front
timePeriod 1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Stalingrad → involvedMilitaryUnit → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
8th Guards Army → precededBy → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 62nd Army
8th Guards Army → formedFrom → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 62nd Army after Battle of Stalingrad
Vassili Zaitsev → partOf → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 62nd Army
Vassili Zaitsev → militaryUnit → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet 62nd Army sniper unit
6th Army → opponentAtStalingrad → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
Grain Elevator of Stalingrad → defendedBy → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
Pavlov's House → defendedBy → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
Stalingrad area → notableMilitaryFormation → Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ