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  Battle of Stalingrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Template:Battlebox The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in World War II, and is considered the bloodiest battle in human history and arguably one of the greatest come-backs in military history.
The battle was marked by the brutality and disregard for civilian casualties on both sides.
The battle is taken to include the German siege of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad (today Volgograd), the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German and other Axis forces in and around the city.
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 Timeline of the WWII Eastern Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
October Battle of Debrecen Soviet Mobile Group Pliyev destroyed in Hungary
1945-04-16–1945-04-19 Battle of the Seelow Heights — Zhukov's costly frontal assault on Berlin
April Battle of Halbe — elements of German 9th Army escape to the west
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battle of Voronezh (1942)
The Battle of Voronezh was a battle of the Eastern Front of World War II, fought in and around the city of Voronezh on the Don in June and July 1942.
After German victory in the Second Battle of Kharkov in May 1942 the plan for the summer campaign was to execute Operation Blue, a drive southeast from the Don to the Volga and into the Caucasus.
Threatening the flanks of this drive was the concentration of Soviet troops at Voronezh.
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 Encyclopedia: Battle of Voronezh (1942)
Rzhev Battles (Ржевская битва) is a general term for a series of World War II offensives launched during January 8, 1942— March 22, 1943 by Soviet forces in the general directions of Rzhev, Sychevka and Vyazma against a German salient in the vicinity of Moscow, known as Rzhev meat grinder...
Voronezh was founded in 1586 by tsar Feodor I as a fortress protecting the Russian state from the raids of invaders.
Battle of Voronezh in January 1943 the Soviet Voronezh Front recaptured the city.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Second Battle of Kharkov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In fact, prior to Operation Uranus, during the Battle of Stalingrad, the Red Army didn't have the necessary amounts of anti-tank ordnance and rocket artillery, while the crews of their own tanks, and even their artillery were just as poorly trained as their compatriots in the infantry.
On 17 May the initiative of the battle was successfully transferred to the Germans as Kleist began his double headed counter-attack on the Barvenkovo bridgehead.
Several Soviet generals that fought in the battle place the blame of the inability for Stavka and Stalin to appreciate German potential after their defeats in the winter of 1941-1942 and in the spring of 1942.
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 Battle of Stalingrad
As a result, the 1942 offensive (codenamed Operation Blue or Blau) was a greater gamble than that of the previous year because, if it were to be checked, the long flank of this southerly drive would be exposed to a counterstroke anywhere along its thousand-mile front.
The offensive began on 28 June 1942 and a swift break-through was made in the Kursk-Kharkov area with General Hermann Hoth's 4th Panzer Army advancing east to Voronezh, then southeast along the south bank of the Don River and General Ewald von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army sweeping along the north bank of the Donetz River.
The German forces would be worn down in a battle of attrition in the prolonged effort to achieve its capture, having lost sight of the initial prime objective, capturing the vital oil supplies of the Caucasus.
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 BATTLE OF STALINGRAD INFORMATION AND RESEARCH WAREHOUSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in World_War_II, and is considered the bloodiest battle in recorded human_history.
The battle is taken to include the German siege of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad (today Volgograd), the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German_Sixth_Army and other Axis forces in and around the city.
Stalin's Order_No._227 of July_27 1942 had decreed that all those who retreated or otherwise left their positions without orders to do so could be summarily shot.
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 Battle of Stalingrad - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in World War II, and is considered the bloodiest battle in human history and arguably one of the greatest come-backs in military history.
In the end, Army Group South, which had previously conquered Ukraine, was selected for a sprint forward through the southern Russian steppes into the Caucasus to capture vital Soviet oil fields.
The German public had not been told anything officially of the disaster until the end of January, 1943.
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 Siege of Leningrad Online Research :: Information about Siege of Leningrad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
During several days after the siege was set, however, it was possible to eat in some "commercial" restaurants which used up to 12% of all fats and up to 10% of all meat the city consumed.
On September 12, 1942 it was calculated that the provisions both for army and civils were as follows:
After fierce battles, the Red Army units overcame the powerful German fortifications to the South of the Ladoga Lake, and on January 18, 1943 the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts met, opening a land corridor to the besieged city.
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 Eastern Front   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This battle is known as the greatest tank battle of the war and involved 2 million men, 6,000 tanks, and 4,000 aircraft.
After the battle of Kursk, General Vatutin, on the Voronezh Front, attacked the junction between the Fourth Panzer Army and the army detachment under Kempf which was west of Belgorod.
This long battle for possession of the Ukraine was finally resolved in the north by the battle of Brody-Lvov in July, and in the south by the battle of Jassy-Kishinev in August.
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 Timeline 1942
1942 Jun 3, Japanese carrier-based planes strafed Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway island.
1942 Jun 7, The Japanese invaded Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.
From Aug. to Feb. 1943, The Battle of Stalingrad, 600 miles southeast of Moscow, was fought and ended with the encirclement and destruction of the German 6th Army Group.
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 Articles - Eastern Front (World War II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The "tank battle" of Prochorovka was an unsuccessful and chaotic attack from parts of the soviet 5.
At the crisis of the war, in autumn 1942, Stalin made many concessions to the army: unitary command was restored, as were insignia such as shoulderboards — stripped from tsarist officers after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
The multiple battles, and most of all, the use of scorched earth tactics destroyed agricultural land, infrastructure, and whole towns, leaving much of the population homeless and without food.
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 The Voice of Russia (THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD: 60 YEARS LATER)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Battle of Staligrad, in which Russians stroke a smashing blow on the Nazis, was the turning point in World War Two.
By the fall of 1942, the Hitler’s forces had occupied a considerable part of the European part of Russia.
The battle was won at a time when the Soviet Union was fighting the Hitler army alone.
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 Maps 1943 South-West
Battle order of the 25th Guards Rifle Corps in the Kursk defensive operation
Course of the battle and maneuvers of the Central Front units
Battle order of the 13th Guards Rifle Regiment/3rd Guards.
rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com /maps/maps1943SW.htm   (778 words)

  
 Archive of the site news-2004
Battle order of the 87th Rifle Regiment/72nd Rifle Division in meeting engagement.
Battle order, missions and course of operations of the 176th Rifle Regiment/46th Rifle Division.
Composition of the Soviet Troops in the Kursk Battle (Aug., 01, 1943)
rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com /arc/arc2004.htm   (3087 words)

  
 Sholokhov, M.A. - SovLit.com - Encyclopedia of Soviet Authors
In 1915, he transferred to a different school in the small town of Boguchar in the Voronezh province.
His story The Science of Hatred (Nauka nenavisti, 1942), which portrayed German war atrocities, is based on his experiences and conversations with soldiers.
On 10 July 1942, Sholokhov's mother was killed in a Nazi bombing raid on Veshenskaya.
www.sovlit.com /bios/sholokhov.html   (2839 words)

  
 Black Cross Red Star Vol 3 Chapters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Chapter 9: "All Hell is Loose in the Air:" The Central Combat Zone in the Summer of 1942
Appendix IV: Order of Battle for 8 VA and 102 IAD/PVO in Early September 1942
Appendix VII: The structure of the Soviet Air Forces in 1942
www.bergstrombooks.elknet.pl /bc-rs/vol3chapters.htm   (188 words)

  
 "Assault on Voronezh" Russia, 2 - 7 July 1942   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
"Assault on Voronezh" Russia, 2 - 7 July 1942
BN Grossdeutchland and supporting infantry from GD Regiment I, battle against Soviet forces defending the strategically important city of Voronezh on the Don.
Combined arms operation such as this porved the value of the assault gun.
www.milartgl.com /HTML_3a/assault_on_voronezb.htm   (45 words)

  
 Kursk - Tank Strengths - Voronezh Front
This page shows the details on tank strengths for the Voronezh front as of the 5th July 1943.
All Soviet Tank Brigades are at the 1943 Shtat (see the pages on the Tank Brigade 1942 and 1943 for details), unless otherwise stated.
Attached to 40 Army during the battle - wrong - see 180TB
www.vy75.dial.pipex.com /strsovvr.htm   (120 words)

  
 Kursk - Russian OB - Voronezh Front   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The OB below shows the complete hierarchy of the Front, as far as I have been able to ascertain.
The attachments show movements of units from their starting OB during the battle.
Att to 40 Army during battle; 3 Formn raised 5.43 in 38A; to RVGK 7.43 ??
www.vy75.dial.pipex.com /rusobvor.htm   (307 words)

  
 August 8 Events in History
August 8, 1942 "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein
August 8, 1942 Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko
August 8, 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
www.brainyhistory.com /days/august_8.html   (2012 words)

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