Battle of Voronezh

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The Battle of Voronezh was a major Eastern Front engagement during World War II in 1942, in which German and Soviet forces fought fiercely for control of the strategically vital city of Voronezh in southwestern Russia.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Voronezh canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front battle of World War II
battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad operation (German phase context) NERFINISHED
belligerent Germany
Soviet Union
casualties heavy casualties on both sides
combatant Wehrmacht NERFINISHED
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army NERFINISHED
commander Fedor von Bock NERFINISHED
Filipp Golikov NERFINISHED
Hermann Hoth NERFINISHED
Nikolai Vatutin NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
continent Europe
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
endTime 1942-07-24
followedBy Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED
German advance toward Stalingrad
front Eastern Front NERFINISHED
involvedMilitaryUnit German 2nd Army NERFINISHED
German 4th Panzer Army NERFINISHED
Soviet Bryansk Front NERFINISHED
Soviet Voronezh Front NERFINISHED
location Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Voronezh NERFINISHED
Voronezh Oblast NERFINISHED
natureOfConflict armored warfare
urban warfare
objective capture of Voronezh
secure crossing over the Don River
opponent German Army NERFINISHED
Red Army NERFINISHED
partOf Case Blue NERFINISHED
Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED
German 1942 summer offensive
precededBy German offensive toward Kursk in 1942
result German tactical victory
Soviet strategic success
river Don River NERFINISHED
startTime 1942-06-28
strategicImportance control of transport routes in southwestern Russia
gateway to the Don and Volga regions
theaterOfWar European theatre of World War II NERFINISHED
timePeriod July 1942
June 1942
year 1942

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Subject: Battle of Voronezh
Description of subject: The Battle of Voronezh was a major Eastern Front engagement during World War II in 1942, in which German and Soviet forces fought fiercely for control of the strategically vital city of Voronezh in southwestern Russia.

Referenced by (4)

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53rd Army participatedIn Battle of Voronezh
Hungarian Army units participatedIn Battle of Voronezh
royal Hungarian army engagedIn Battle of Voronezh
subject surface form: Royal Hungarian Army