Battle of the Don (1942)

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battle military engagement

The Battle of the Don (1942) was a major Eastern Front engagement during World War II in which Axis forces, including Italian units, fought the Soviet Red Army along the Don River as part of the broader Stalingrad campaign.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Don (1942) canonical	1
Battle of the Don (1942–1943)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	fighting on the Don (1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Axis powers NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
campaign	Stalingrad campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatType	land warfare ⓘ
conflict	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
consequence	contributed to encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad ⓘ increased vulnerability of Italian and Romanian armies on the Eastern Front ⓘ weakening of Axis flanks around Stalingrad ⓘ
date	1942 ⓘ
front	southern wing of the Eastern Front ⓘ
involvedForce	armored units ⓘ artillery units ⓘ infantry ⓘ
involvedUnit	ARMIR (Italian Army in Russia) NERFINISHED ⓘ German 6th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian 8th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Red Army rifle divisions NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet tank units ⓘ
location	Don River NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
notableFor	Soviet pressure on Axis-held Don River positions ⓘ heavy Italian casualties ⓘ
opponent	German Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian forces ⓘ Soviet Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Stalingrad campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Little Saturn NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Uranus NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Axis defensive line along the Don River broken in sectors ⓘ Soviet victory ⓘ
strategicContext	Case Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ German 1942 summer offensive ⓘ
strategicObjective	protect the northern flank of the German advance on Stalingrad ⓘ secure the Don River line ⓘ
theater	Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
weaponUsed	artillery ⓘ small arms ⓘ tanks ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

3rd Celere Division Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta → participatedIn → Battle of the Don (1942) ⓘ

subject surface form: 3rd Celere Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta"

II Army Corps → participatedIn → Battle of the Don (1942) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Don (1942–1943)