✦ History

Part of Eastern Front (World War II)

Case Blue

June 1 – November 24, 1942 · Rostov-on-Don

Result Soviet victory

Germany launched its main 1942 offensive in southern Russia toward the Caucasus oil fields and the Volga. The advance stalled at Stalingrad, where the Soviet counter-offensive later trapped the German Sixth Army.

On the map Contemporaries

Nazi Germany

Soviet Union

Germany
Kingdom of Romania
Hungary
Italy
Slovak Republic
Independent State of Croatia
Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler belligerent leader Erich von Manstein military commander Fedor von Bock military commander Franz Halder military commander Wolfram von Richthofen military commander Maximilian von Weichs military commander Wilhelm List military commander Kurt Zeitzler military commander
Joseph Stalin military commander Semyon Timoshenko military commander Georgy Zhukov military commander Konstantin Rokossovsky military commander Nikolai Vatutin military commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky military commander Filipp Golikov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
159,426
Casualties
350,000
Aircraft
1,593–2,035
Casualties
1,200,000
Tanks
2,959–3,720
Aircraft
1,671
Guns
16,500

Units

Army Group A Army Group South 1st Panzer Army 6th Army (Wehrmacht) XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht) Second Army (Hungary) 111th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 11th Panzer Division 198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 22nd Panzer Division 24th Panzer Division 336th Infantry Division 3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 44th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking 62nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 88th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 9th Flak Division 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland
Bryansk Front Southeastern Front Stalingrad Front 2nd Guards Tank Corps 100th Rifle Division 106th Rifle Division 107th Rifle Division 110th Cavalry Division 119th Rifle Division 124th Rifle Division 131st Rifle Division 138th Rifle Division 140th Rifle Division 141st Rifle Division 143rd Rifle Division 156th Rifle Division 159th Rifle Division (1942–1943) 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation) 162nd Rifle Division 169th Rifle Division 175th Rifle Division 176th Rifle Division 195th Rifle Division 199th Rifle Division 207th Rifle Division 212th Rifle Division 218th Rifle Division 219th Rifle Division 221st Rifle Division 226th Rifle Division 227th Rifle Division 228th Rifle Division 229th Rifle Division 230th Rifle Division 232nd Rifle Division 237th Rifle Division 240th Rifle Division 242nd Rifle Division 244th Rifle Division 255th Rifle Division 284th Rifle Division 293rd Rifle Division 300th Rifle Division 301st Rifle Division 303rd Rifle Division 304th Rifle Division 305th Rifle Division 309th Rifle Division 333rd Rifle Division 335th Rifle Division 339th Rifle Division 33rd Guards Rifle Division 340th Rifle Division 343rd Rifle Division 353rd Rifle Division 62nd Rifle Division 9th Guards Rifle Division