Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations

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World War II battle military operation

The Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations were a series of World War II battles in 1942 in which Soviet forces attempted to halt the German advance toward the Don River and the Caucasus.

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Label Occurrences
Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations canonical 2
Voronezh–Luhansk defensive operations 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ⓘ
surface form: Voronezh–Luhansk defensive operations
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
combatant Red Army Bryansk Front ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Bryansk Front

Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
goal to halt the German advance toward the Don River ⓘ
to prevent a German breakthrough toward the Caucasus ⓘ
location Don River region ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Voronezh ⓘ
Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
surface form: Voronezh Front

Alchevsk ⓘ
surface form: Voroshilovgrad

southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
militaryObjective defense of approaches to the Caucasus oil regions ⓘ
defense of the Don River line ⓘ
namedAfter Voronezh ⓘ
Alchevsk ⓘ
surface form: Voroshilovgrad
natureOfOperation defensive operation ⓘ
opponent Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group South
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

German 1942 summer offensive ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Great Patriotic War
result German tactical success ⓘ
Soviet strategic delay of German advance ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
timePeriod 1942 ⓘ

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

Soviet Southwestern Front → notableEngagement → Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ⓘ
Southwestern Front → tookPartIn → Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ⓘ
Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations → alsoKnownAs → Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voronezh–Luhansk defensive operations