middle Don River
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The middle Don River is a central stretch of the Don River in southwestern Russia that was a significant strategic sector during World War II’s Eastern Front operations.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle Don River region | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river section ⓘ |
| belligerentOnFront |
Hungary
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Romania ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| drainageBasinEmptiesInto | Sea of Azov ⓘ |
| flowsThroughRegion |
Lipetsk Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rostov Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Tambov Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Voronezh Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontHeldBy |
Hungarian 2nd Army
ⓘ
Italian 8th Army ⓘ Romanian 3rd Army ⓘ |
| frontOpposedBy | Red Army ⓘ |
| geopoliticalRegion |
southern Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Russia
|
| hasLanguageRegion | Russian language ⓘ |
| hasSection |
lower Don River
ⓘ
upper Don River ⓘ |
| hydrologicalBasin | Don River basin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southwestern Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Russia
|
| locatedInOrNearby |
Russian Plain
ⓘ
surface form:
East European Plain
|
| locatedOnContinent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Axis defensive collapse during Soviet winter offensives of 1942–1943 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Don River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don River waterway system ⓘ |
| relatedMilitaryCampaign |
Battle of Stalingrad
ⓘ
Case Blue ⓘ Operation Little Saturn ⓘ Operation Uranus ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Don River
ⓘ
surface form:
Don River system
|
| strategicImportance |
key line between German Army Group B and Soviet forces
ⓘ
major World War II Eastern Front sector ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMilitarySignificance |
1942
ⓘ
1943 ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Don River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
axis of advance
ⓘ
defensive line ⓘ military front line ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Middle Don River region