Table of Data Points

Tag : Soviet Union

1942-08-24Italian Cavalry

Supported by the dismounted 4th Squadron and the Savoia regiment MG squadron they broke the back of the 2000-strong Siberian 812th Infantry Regiment who had pushed a gap between the German 6th and Italian armies on the Don.

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1942-08-09Krasnodar taken

German troops from the 17th army take Krasnodar.

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1942-07-28Order No. 227

Stalin issues Order 227, "not a step back". Troops fleeing from the battlefield would be shot and barrier battalions would be created to hover at the rear to perform these executions. In the first 2 months 1000 Soviet soldiers were shot by barrier troops.

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1942-07-23Edelweiss

With the fall of Rostov-on-Don, operation Edelweiss is authorized by Hitler. The plan is designed to capture and control the vital oil fields of the Caucus.

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1942-07-171943-03-02Battle of Stalingrad

The bloodiest in the history of warfare, with combined casualties estimated at nearly two million. The battle which eventually trapped and destroyed the German 6th Army and other Axis forces around the city, was the first substantial German land defeat.

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1942-06-281942-07-24Voronezh

The German assault conducted by the elements of the 4th Panzer Army's of Army Group South under Hoth. Hitler believes delays at Voronezh allows Marshal Semyon Timoshenko to reinforce Stalingrad before the 4th Panzer arrives.

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1942-06-21Fort Lenin falls

The 24th Infantry division attacked the main defensive position on the north side of the bay, the Lenin fort. The extensive defensive position fell having lost three of their four main 76mm guns.

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1942-05-121942-05-28Second Kharkov

Soviet forces under Marshal Timoshenko launch an offensive against the German 6th Army. After initial gains, critical errors in the Soviet command led to a pincer counter-attack by the 6th Army, cutting off almost 200,000 Soviet troops.

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1942-05-09Zinkiv Massacre

SS troops murder five hundred and eighty eight Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv.

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1942-03-31Stanislawow Ghetto

The Gestapo arrange the deportation of 5000 Jewish residents of the Stanislawow ghetto to Belzec death camp. This was one of the largest deportations in the early stages of the camp.

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