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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet Don Front canonical	4
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 ⓘ Soviet Stalingrad Front ⓘ surface form: Stalingrad Front
frontLineSector	middle Don River ⓘ
historicalEra	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
historicalRegion	Russian SFSR ⓘ
ideologyOfState	communism ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Russian ⓘ
location	Don River ⓘ surface form: 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	Red Army ⓘ surface form: 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 (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Stalingrad → involvedMilitaryUnit → Soviet Don Front ⓘ

German 6th Army → encircledBy → Soviet Don Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet forces

Soviet Operation Uranus → involvedUnit → Soviet Don Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Uranus

Stalingrad area → notableMilitaryFormation → Soviet Don Front ⓘ

Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → front → Soviet Don Front ⓘ