Case Blue (German: Fall Blau) was the Wehrmacht's plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942... 66 KB (8,143 words) - 03:27, 7 April 2024 |
Junkers Ju 87 (section Fall Blau to Stalingrad; 1942) capitulation of Soviet forces on 4 July. For the German summer offensive, Fall Blau, the Luftwaffe had concentrated 1,800 aircraft into Luftflotte 4 making... 135 KB (19,341 words) - 09:09, 22 April 2024 |
The 60th Infantry Division was formed in late 1939, from Gruppe Eberhardt, a collection of SA units that had been engaged in the capture of Danzig during... 6 KB (409 words) - 14:36, 9 February 2024 |
offensive against Western Europe. Fall Grün (Ireland) ("Case Green") (1940) – planned invasion of Ireland. Fall Blau ("Case Blue") (1942) – summer offensive... 3 KB (378 words) - 14:15, 11 April 2024 |
Look up Blau or blau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blau is the German and Catalan word for the color blue. It may refer to: Blau (Danube), a tributary... 1 KB (178 words) - 12:11, 22 February 2022 |
military action in the east (Fall Blau). Fall Blau ("Case Blue") (1935) — overview of defense planning in tandem with Fall Rot. Fall Otto ("Case Otto") (1937)... 34 KB (2,604 words) - 14:17, 19 April 2024 |
defensive operations in the Kursk area. Thereafter the corps joined the Fall Blau offensive towards Stalingrad under Army Group B. During the Battle of... 7 KB (736 words) - 10:39, 7 February 2024 |
fields in the Caucasus. German forces invaded the Caucasus under the Fall Blau ("Case Blue") plan on 28 June 1942. The Soviets successfully halted further... 205 KB (22,686 words) - 23:10, 1 May 2024 |
actions by armed forces. Fall Blau 1935 - German defence planning on the eastern border, simultaneously with Fall Rot Fall Rot 1935 - German defence... 70 KB (8,926 words) - 23:59, 20 February 2024 |
transferred to Army Group South to take part in the summer offensive Fall Blau ("Case Blue"), and was ultimately caught up in the Battle of Stalingrad... 11 KB (946 words) - 10:17, 9 February 2024 |
spring rasputitsa (seasonal mud) had cleared, the division joined in Fall Blau, participating in the fighting to retake Rostov-on-Don, which fell in... 74 KB (9,128 words) - 23:46, 30 April 2024 |
The Battle of Rostov was an episode of the Fall Blau operation, which lasted five days and pitted the 56th Soviet Army, in retreat, against the 17th German... 3 KB (168 words) - 14:02, 26 June 2023 |
was initially named Fall Blau (Case Blue), which is the common name used for the whole offensive. The name was changed from Blau to Braunschweig on 30... 4 KB (528 words) - 22:03, 9 February 2024 |
Grozny with Maikop were the main strategic objectives of the German Fall Blau operation in summer of 1942 (See Battle of the Caucasus). The failure... 43 KB (4,891 words) - 18:49, 11 April 2024 |
the Battle of Smolensk, and then on to Vyazma and Bryansk. In 1942, for Fall Blau, Weichs was assigned to lead the newly created Army Group B. Army Group... 15 KB (1,347 words) - 18:39, 23 April 2024 |
with the Artillerie-Abteilungen 680, 731, 740 and 800. A year later, for Fall Blau, they served with Artillerie-Abteilungen 511, 620, 680, 767 and 800. Designed... 4 KB (433 words) - 04:17, 9 October 2023 |
resolve their persistent shortage of oil, the Wehrmacht had launched Fall Blau (Case Blue), a massive offensive aimed against the Caucasian oilfields... 88 KB (11,740 words) - 13:42, 21 April 2024 |
holding Sevastopol in the Crimea. The operation became known as Operation Fall Blau. The Luftwaffe assisted with the capture of Sevastopol by subjecting Soviet... 91 KB (13,266 words) - 16:53, 4 March 2024 |
Caucasus (most of which was already under German occupation as a result of Fall Blau) in support of revolting Arab nationalists, and operations in Afghanistan... 119 KB (15,002 words) - 22:05, 8 April 2024 |