Operation Uranus
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Operation Uranus was the major Soviet counteroffensive launched in November 1942 that encircled German forces at Stalingrad, marking a decisive turning point on the Eastern Front in World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet strategic offensive
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military operation → |
| belligerent |
Hungary
→
Kingdom of Italy → Kingdom of Romania → Nazi Germany → Soviet Union → |
| codename |
Operation Uranus
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| commander |
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
→
Georgy Zhukov → Konstantin Rokossovsky → Nikolai Vatutin → |
| conflict |
Eastern Front of World War II
→
World War II → |
| country |
Soviet Union
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| dateEnded |
1942-11-23
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| dateStarted |
1942-11-19
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| followedBy |
Operation Little Saturn
→
Operation Ring → |
| forceStrength |
approximately 900 tanks and self-propelled guns
→
over one million Soviet troops → thousands of artillery pieces and mortars → |
| frontInvolved |
Don Front
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Southwestern Front → Stalingrad Front → |
| historicalSignificance |
first large-scale successful Soviet strategic encirclement of German forces
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key step in eventual Soviet advance toward Berlin → major psychological blow to Wehrmacht and Nazi leadership → |
| location |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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Stalingrad → Volgograd Oblast → |
| objective |
encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad
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| opponentUnit |
German 4th Panzer Army elements
→
German 6th Army → Hungarian 2nd Army elements → Italian 8th Army elements → Romanian 3rd Army → Romanian 4th Army → |
| partOf |
Battle of Stalingrad
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| plannedBy |
Soviet Stavka
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| precededBy |
German summer offensive Case Blue
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| result |
decisive Soviet victory
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encirclement of Axis forces in Stalingrad pocket → turning point on the Eastern Front → |
| strategicEffect |
forced German strategic defensive on Eastern Front
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severed German supply lines to Stalingrad → |
| tactic |
concentration of armor on weak Axis flanks
→
double envelopment → |