First Battle of Rostov

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The First Battle of Rostov was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1941 in which Soviet forces halted and pushed back the German advance toward the Caucasus at the city of Rostov-on-Don.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rostov (1941) NERFINISHED
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
campaign German 1941 campaign in southern Russia
commandedBy Ewald von Kleist NERFINISHED
Semyon Timoshenko NERFINISHED
Walther von Reichenau NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1941-11-29
followedBy Second Battle of Rostov NERFINISHED
frontlineChange German forces withdrew from Rostov-on-Don
Soviet forces recaptured Rostov-on-Don
geopoliticalContext German invasion of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Great Patriotic War NERFINISHED
involvedForce German Army Group South NERFINISHED
Soviet Southern Front NERFINISHED
involvedUnit 11th Army (Wehrmacht) NERFINISHED
1st Panzer Army NERFINISHED
Southern Front (Red Army) NERFINISHED
locatedOn Don River NERFINISHED
militaryTheater Eastern Front NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the first German withdrawals on the Eastern Front in 1941
objective German advance toward the Caucasus
German capture of Rostov-on-Don
opponent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
outcome German forces pushed back from Rostov-on-Don
Soviet forces halted German advance toward the Caucasus
partOf Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED
Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED
place Rostov-on-Don NERFINISHED
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
precededBy Battle of Kiev (1941) NERFINISHED
relatedEvent Battle of Moscow NERFINISHED
Case Blue NERFINISHED
Operation Typhoon NERFINISHED
result Soviet victory
startDate 1941-11-21
strategicSignificance delayed German plans for a rapid advance into the Caucasus oil fields
first major Soviet counteroffensive success against German Army Group South in 1941
theater Southern sector of the Eastern Front
typeOfConflict land battle
year 1941

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Battle of Rostov (1941) alsoKnownAs First Battle of Rostov