Soviet Don Front

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Red Army front Soviet military formation

The Soviet Don Front was a major Red Army operational formation that played a decisive role in encircling and defeating German forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.

Aliases (1)

Soviet forces ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army front → Soviet military formation →
alliance	Allies of World War II →
associatedCity	Stalingrad →
associatedRiver	Don River →
belligerentOf	Battle of Stalingrad →
commander	Konstantin Rokossovsky →
commandStructure	front-level formation →
conflict	Battle of Stalingrad → World War II →
country	Soviet Union →
formedFrom	Southwestern Front → Stalingrad Front →
frontLineSector	middle Don River →
historicalEra	Second World War →
historicalRegion	Russian SFSR →
ideologyOfState	communism →
languageOfCommand	Russian →
location	Don River region → Stalingrad area →
militaryBranch	Ground forces →
militaryRole	operational-level command →
notableCommander	Konstantin Rokossovsky →
notableFor	Operation Ring → Operation Uranus → encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad →
objective	destroy German 6th Army → encircle Axis forces at Stalingrad →
operatedBy	Workers' and Peasants' Red Army →
opponent	Nazi Germany → Wehrmacht →
opposedUnit	German 4th Panzer Army → German 6th Army →
partOf	Red Army →
result	Soviet victory at Stalingrad →
role	defeated German 6th Army at Stalingrad → encircled German forces at Stalingrad →
side	Soviet side in the Battle of Stalingrad →
strategicSignificance	turning point on Eastern Front →
subordinateTo	Soviet High Command → Stavka →
theater	Eastern Front →
timePeriod	early 1940s →
typeOfOperation	encirclement operation → strategic offensive →
usedDoctrine	Soviet deep operations doctrine →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German 6th Army ("Soviet forces") →	encircledBy
Battle of Stalingrad →	involvedMilitaryUnit