Uranus encirclement at Stalingrad
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The Uranus encirclement at Stalingrad was the major Soviet counteroffensive in November 1942 that surrounded and trapped the German 6th Army, turning the tide on the Eastern Front in World War II.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uranus encirclement at Stalingrad canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military operation
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World War II battle ⓘ military encirclement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Hungary
NERFINISHED
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Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| casualtiesSide |
heavy Axis losses
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significant Soviet losses ⓘ |
| codename | Operation Uranus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
NERFINISHED
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Andrey Yeremenko NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgy Zhukov NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Vatutin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderOpposing |
Friedrich Paulus
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Hermann Hoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| date | November 1942 ⓘ |
| endDate | late November 1942 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Operation Little Saturn
NERFINISHED
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Operation Winter Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontUsed |
Don Front
NERFINISHED
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Southwestern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Stalingrad Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Operation Uranus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
marked the first large-scale encirclement and destruction of a major German field army
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shifted strategic initiative to the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| location |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
NERFINISHED
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Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Volgograd Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective | encircle German 6th Army at Stalingrad ⓘ |
| opponent |
German 4th Panzer Army elements
NERFINISHED
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German 6th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian 3rd Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian 4th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Front of World War II
NERFINISHED
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Soviet 1942–1943 winter campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | German summer offensive Case Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
decisive Soviet victory
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encirclement of German 6th Army ⓘ isolation of Axis forces in Stalingrad pocket ⓘ strategic turning point on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| startDate | 19 November 1942 ⓘ |
| tactic | double envelopment ⓘ |
| target | weak Axis allied armies on the flanks of Stalingrad ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
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