Soviet 51st Army

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The Soviet 51st Army was a Red Army field formation that played a key defensive role on the Eastern Front in World War II, particularly in the battles around Stalingrad and the southern sector.

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Soviet 51st Army canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf field army ⓘ
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch Ground Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Great Patriotic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union ⓘ
engagementType land warfare ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
frontAssignment Southern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
Stalingrad Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to Soviet defense and counteroffensives in southern sector ⓘ
locationOfOperations Stalingrad region NERFINISHED ⓘ
lower Volga region ⓘ
southern Soviet Union ⓘ
militaryBranchOf Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryFunction operational-level field formation ⓘ
notableFor defensive operations in southern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
role in Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf Red Army ⓘ
primaryTask defensive operations ⓘ
support of major strategic offensives ⓘ
roleInBattle defense of southern approaches to Stalingrad ⓘ
operations on lower Volga ⓘ
sideInWar Allies of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfUnit combined-arms army ⓘ

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

German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm) → involvedUnit → Soviet 51st Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Winter Storm
Donbass offensive (1943) → participant → Soviet 51st Army ⓘ