Case Blue

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Case Blue was the German Wehrmacht’s 1942 summer offensive on the Eastern Front aimed at seizing the oil-rich Caucasus and advancing toward Stalingrad during World War II.

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Case Blue canonical 47

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht offensive
World War II Eastern Front campaign
military operation
aimedAt capture of Stalingrad
cutting Soviet access to Caucasus oil
seizure of Caucasus oil fields
alsoKnownAs Fall Blau
belligerent Nazi Germany
cause German desire to regain strategic initiative after winter 1941–42
German need for oil resources
commandedBy Adolf Hitler
Fedor von Bock
Maximilian von Weichs
Wilhelm List
conflict World War II
consequence encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad
heavy German and Axis losses
overextension of German forces in southern USSR
shift of strategic initiative to the Soviet Union
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1942-11
followedBy Battle of Stalingrad
hasPart Operation Braunschweig
Operation Clausewitz
Operation Dampfhammer
Operation Edelweiss
Operation Fischreiher
involves Army Group A
linked to: Heeresgruppe Süd

Army Group B
German 4th Panzer Army
German 6th Army
Luftwaffe
Red Army
location Caucasus region
linked to: Caucasus

Don River basin
linked to: Don River

Southern sector of the Eastern Front
Stalingrad area
linked to: Stalingrad

Volga River region
linked to: Volga River

southern Russia
linked to: North Caucasus
militaryBranch German Air Force
linked to: Luftwaffe

German Army
linked to: Wehrmacht
opposedBy Soviet Union
partOf Eastern Front of World War II
linked to: Eastern Front
precededBy Case Blue planning phase
result German strategic failure
Soviet strategic victory
startTime 1942-06-28
strategicObjective defeat Soviet forces in southern USSR
secure oil resources for the German war effort
theaterOfOperations Southern Russia and Caucasus
linked to: European Russia
timePeriod autumn 1942
summer 1942

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Battle of Stalingrad operation Case Blue
Operation Barbarossa followedBy Case Blue
German 6th Army operation Case Blue
Italian 8th Army tookPartIn Case Blue
Operation Citadel relatedTo Case Blue
Operation Blue alsoKnownAs Case Blue
Hermann Hoth participatedIn Case Blue
Operation Clausewitz partOf Case Blue
Fall Blau alsoKnownAs Case Blue
40th Army Corps engagedIn Case Blue
Army Group B notableOperation Case Blue
Army Group B engagedIn Case Blue
Operation Braunschweig partOf Case Blue
Ewald von Kleist participantIn Case Blue
Army Group South operation Case Blue
Army Group A notableOperation Case Blue
Army Group A participatedIn Case Blue
Luftflotte 4 notableOperation Case Blue
2nd Panzer Army participatedIn Case Blue
6th Army participatedIn Case Blue
2nd Army operation Case Blue
Unternehmen Blau alsoKnownAs Case Blue
Operation Edelweiss partOf Case Blue
Battle of the Caucasus partOf Case Blue
German Army Group B operation Case Blue