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Title
Liberating Rostov
Description
As the German 6th Army, trapped in Stalingrad, approached capitulation, the Soviets attempted to exploit their success against the 3rd Rumanian Army by driving on Rostov in a bid to cut-off communications between 4th Panzer Army and Army Group A …
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1942-12-16
Scenario#
E08
Scenario Description
As the German 6th Army, trapped in Stalingrad, approached capitulation, the Soviets attempted to exploit their success against the 3rd Rumanian Army by driving on Rostov in a bid to cut-off communications between 4th Panzer Army and Army Group A in the Caucasus. The 3rd Rumanian, and 4th Panzer boldly held against repeated attacks in this sector and prevented the Soviets from liberating Rostov.
Location
Tatsinskiy, Russia
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Saturn, revised as Operation Little Saturn, was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front of World War II that led to battles in the North Caucasus and Donets Basin regions of the Soviet Union from December 1942 to February 1943.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Operation Little Saturn
External Link
Combatants
German
Russian
Collection:
Geolocation
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