Battle of Kalach
E770580
The Battle of Kalach was a major World War II engagement on the Eastern Front in 1942, where Soviet forces encircled German troops near the Don River, setting the stage for the decisive Battle of Stalingrad.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | First Battle of Kalach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| combatType |
armored warfare
ⓘ
combined arms engagement ⓘ |
| commander |
Andrei Yeremenko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Friedrich Paulus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Hoth NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodolfo I. Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasily Gordov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| date | 1942 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1942-08-11 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| front | Southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedMilitaryOperation |
Case Blue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German 6th Army advance on Stalingrad ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
German 4th Panzer Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German 6th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet 1st Tank Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet 21st Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet 62nd Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet 64th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Don River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Kalach-na-Donu ⓘ |
| near | Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Soviet counterattacks against German panzer formations
ⓘ
encirclement of German units in the Don bend ⓘ |
| objective |
protect the approaches to Stalingrad
ⓘ
secure crossings over the Don River ⓘ |
| outcome | German forces forced to withdraw from the Don bend ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | German summer offensive of 1942 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Battle of Stalingrad encirclement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Uranus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Soviet victory ⓘ |
| river | Don River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1942-07-25 ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
halted the German advance toward Stalingrad’s approaches on the Don
ⓘ
set the stage for the encirclement operations at Stalingrad ⓘ |
| tactic | Soviet encirclement of German forces near the Don River ⓘ |
| theater | Southwestern Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1942 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.