Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
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The Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 were a series of large-scale Red Army operations that exploited the turning point at Stalingrad to push German forces westward and regain strategic initiative on the Eastern Front.
Aliases (8)
- Soviet winter campaign of 1942–1943 ×2
- Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1942–1943 ×2
- Red Army winter campaign of 1942–1943 ×1
- Red Army winter counteroffensives 1942–1943 ×1
- Rzhev–Vyazma offensives of early 1943 ×1
- Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ×1
- Soviet winter offensive of 1942–1943 ×1
- Soviet winter offensives of 1942–1943 ×1
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Front operation
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military campaign → |
| aimedAt |
destruction of German 6th Army
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encirclement of Axis forces on the Don and Volga → pushing German forces westward → regaining strategic initiative on the Eastern Front → |
| commander |
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
→
Georgy Zhukov → Konstantin Rokossovsky → Nikolai Vatutin → |
| conflict |
World War II
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| endTime |
1943-03
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| followed |
German 1942 summer offensive Case Blue
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| follows |
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
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| hasPart |
Kharkov offensive operations of early 1943
→
Middle Don offensive → North Caucasus offensive operations → Operation Koltso → Operation Little Saturn → Operation Saturn (revised as Little Saturn) → Operation Uranus → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → Rzhev–Vyazma offensives of early 1943 → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive → |
| location |
Don River region
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Eastern Front → Ukraine → Volga region → central sector of the Eastern Front → southern sector of the Eastern Front → southwestern Russia → |
| opposingCommander |
Erich von Manstein
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Ewald von Kleist → Friedrich Paulus → |
| participant |
Nazi Germany
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Red Army → Soviet Union → Wehrmacht → |
| partOf |
Eastern Front of World War II
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| precededBy |
Battle of Stalingrad
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| result |
Axis strategic defeat on the Eastern Front
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collapse of the German front in the Don–Volga sector → decisive Soviet strategic victory → encirclement and surrender of German 6th Army at Stalingrad → heavy losses for Hungarian 2nd Army → heavy losses for Italian 8th Army → heavy losses for Romanian 3rd Army → heavy losses for Romanian 4th Army → |
| season |
winter 1942–1943
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| startTime |
1942-11
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| strategicEffect |
end of large-scale German strategic offensives in the east
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permanent shift of strategic initiative to the Red Army → |
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Middle Don offensive
("Soviet winter campaign of 1942–1943")
→
Middle Don offensive ("Red Army winter counteroffensives 1942–1943") → Operation Koltso ("Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1942–1943") → Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ("Soviet winter campaign of 1942–1943") → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ("Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1942–1943") → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ("Red Army winter campaign of 1942–1943") → |
partOf |
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Italian 8th Army
("Soviet winter offensives of 1942–1943")
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disbandedAfter |
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Armata Italiana in Russia
("Soviet winter offensive of 1942–1943")
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engagedIn |
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Battle of Stalingrad
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followedBy |
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Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
("Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942")
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follows |
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Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
("Rzhev–Vyazma offensives of early 1943")
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hasPart |