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| rdfs:comment | - Following the occupation of the Crimea and the Battle of Kharkov, the Germans launched their 1942 summer offensive with the objectives of occupying the Don Basin, Stalingrad, and the Caucasus. Advancing as part of Army Group B, the German Sixth Army pushed toward the town of Kalach on the Don River as a step toward the capture of Stalingrad. As defenders, the Soviets were reacting to German initiatives, but they knew Stalingrad was a German objective and were determined to defend the city as far forward as possible. To meet this goal, while the Soviets were generally withdrawing before the German offensive, they retained a bridgehead across the Don at Kalach with lines behind the Tsimla and Chir Rivers.
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| Strength | - 1
- 62
- Sixth Army
- ca. 160,000 men
- ca. 270,000 men
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| Partof | - the Eastern Front of World War II
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| Date | - 1942-08-01
- 1942-08-05
- --07-25
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| Commander | - Gen. F. Paulus
- Gen.-Lt. V. N. Gordov
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| Name | - Soviet forces
- German forces
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| subordinate | - 1
- 4
- 62
- 64
- LI Corps
- XIV Panzer Corps
- • 71st Infantry Division
- • 181st Rifle Division
- XXIV Panzer Corps
- • 112th Rifle Division
- • 121st Tank Brigade
- • 131st Rifle Division
- • 137th Tank Brigade
- • 13th Tank Corps
- • 147th Rifle Division
- • 154th Naval Rifle Brigade
- • 16th Panzer Division
- • 184th Rifle Division
- • 18th Rifle Division
- • 192nd Rifle Division
- • 196th Rifle Division
- • 204th Rifle Division
- • 205th Rifle Division
- • 208th Rifle Division
- • 214th Rifle Division
- • 229th Rifle Division
- • 22nd Tank Corps
- • 23rd Tank Corps
- • 24th Panzer Division
- • 28th Tank Corps
- • 295th Infantry Division
- • 297th Infantry Division
- • 29th Rifle Division
- • 33rd Guards Rifle Division
- • 399th Rifle Division
- • 3rd Motorized Division
- • 40th Tank Brigade
- • 44th Infantry Division
- • 60th Motorized Division
- • 66th Naval Rifle Brigade
- • 76th Infantry Division
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| Place | - W of Kalach-na-Donu, Russia
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| Conflict | |
| abstract | - Following the occupation of the Crimea and the Battle of Kharkov, the Germans launched their 1942 summer offensive with the objectives of occupying the Don Basin, Stalingrad, and the Caucasus. Advancing as part of Army Group B, the German Sixth Army pushed toward the town of Kalach on the Don River as a step toward the capture of Stalingrad. As defenders, the Soviets were reacting to German initiatives, but they knew Stalingrad was a German objective and were determined to defend the city as far forward as possible. To meet this goal, while the Soviets were generally withdrawing before the German offensive, they retained a bridgehead across the Don at Kalach with lines behind the Tsimla and Chir Rivers.
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