64th Army

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The 64th Army was a Soviet Red Army field formation that played a key role in the defense and counteroffensive at the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II.

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64th Army canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
Soviet field army
activeDuringYear 1942
1943
branch Ground forces
commandStructure Soviet High Command
conflict Great Patriotic War
Second World War
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union
engagedAgainst Axis forces
linked to: Axis

German 6th Army
Wehrmacht
formationDate 1942
formedFrom 1st Reserve Army
frontAssignment Don Front
Stalingrad Front
garrisonOrHeadquarters Stalingrad area
historicalEra World War II
locationOfOperations Lower Volga region
Stalingrad
militaryBranchOf Soviet Union
militaryFunction defensive operations
offensive operations
notableAction fighting on southern sector of Stalingrad front
support of encirclement of German 6th Army
notableFor Battle of Stalingrad
heavy urban combat
operationalRole frontline field army
participatedIn Stalingrad strategic defensive operation
Stalingrad strategic offensive operation
partOf Red Army
roleInConflict Stalingrad counteroffensive
defense of Stalingrad
sideInConflict Allies
Soviet side
strategicObjective contain German advance on Volga
defend southern approaches to Stalingrad
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front
tookPartIn Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad
Soviet defensive operations at Stalingrad
typeOfUnit combined arms army

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