Soviet Stalingrad Front

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Red Army operational formation Soviet Front military unit

The Soviet Stalingrad Front was a major Red Army operational formation responsible for defending and then counterattacking around Stalingrad during one of World War II’s most decisive battles.

Aliases (2)

Stalingrad Front ×10
Soviet Stalingrad Front (Red Army formation) ×1

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army operational formation → Soviet Front → military unit →
branch	Ground forces →
conflict	Battle of Stalingrad → Second World War →
country	Soviet Union →
era	20th century → World War II period →
historicalSignificance	participation in one of World War II’s most decisive battles →
locationOfOperations	Stalingrad region → Volga River area →
namedAfter	city of Stalingrad →
opponent	Nazi Germany → Wehrmacht →
partOf	Red Army →
responsibleFor	coordination of defensive operations at Stalingrad → coordination of offensive operations at Stalingrad → operational control of Soviet forces around Stalingrad →
role	counteroffensive at Stalingrad → defense of Stalingrad →
side	Allies → Soviet side in the Battle of Stalingrad →
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front → Southern sector of Eastern Front →
type	front-level command →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Don Front ("Stalingrad Front") → Soviet Don Front ("Stalingrad Front") →	formedFrom
21st Army (Red Army) ("Stalingrad Front") → Romanian 3rd Army ("Stalingrad Front") →	front
Army Group Don → Battle of the Don Bend →	opponent
Soviet 62nd Army ("Stalingrad Front") → Soviet 64th Army ("Stalingrad Front") →	subordinateTo
Soviet-German Front ("Soviet Stalingrad Front (Red Army formation)") →	commandStructure
Operation Uranus ("Stalingrad Front") →	frontInvolved
Battle of Stalingrad →	involvedMilitaryUnit
Operation Little Saturn →	involvedUnit
Stalingrad ("Stalingrad Front") →	militaryDistrict
Operation Koltso ("Stalingrad Front") →	militaryUnit
6th Army →	opponentAtStalingrad
Soviet 62nd Army ("Stalingrad Front") →	theater