Battle of the Caucasus
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The Battle of the Caucasus was a major World War II campaign on the Eastern Front in which German and Axis forces attempted, but ultimately failed, to seize the oil-rich Caucasus region from the Soviet Union between 1942 and 1943.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of the Caucasus canonical | 9 |
| Caucasus campaign | 2 |
| Battle for the Caucasus | 1 |
| Caucasus front | 1 |
| Defence of the Caucasus | 1 |
| German Caucasus campaign | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Battle of the Caucasus Context triple: [40th Army Corps, engagedIn, Battle of the Caucasus]
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Caucasus campaign
The Caucasus campaign was a major theater of the Crimean War in which Russian and Ottoman forces, along with local allies, fought for control of the strategically vital Caucasus region.
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B.
Battle of the Moskva
The Battle of the Moskva, better known as the Battle of Borodino, was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, often regarded as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Battle of the Don Bend
The Battle of the Don Bend was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1942, where Axis forces, including the Romanian 4th Army, suffered devastating Soviet attacks that helped pave the way for the encirclement at Stalingrad.
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D.
Battle of Tikhvin
The Battle of Tikhvin was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1941 in which Soviet forces halted and pushed back a German offensive threatening to cut off Leningrad.
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E.
Battle of Bakhmut
The Battle of Bakhmut was a prolonged and brutal urban confrontation between Russian and Ukrainian forces that became one of the bloodiest and most symbolically charged engagements of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of the Caucasus Target entity description: The Battle of the Caucasus was a major World War II campaign on the Eastern Front in which German and Axis forces attempted, but ultimately failed, to seize the oil-rich Caucasus region from the Soviet Union between 1942 and 1943.
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A.
Caucasus campaign
The Caucasus campaign was a major theater of the Crimean War in which Russian and Ottoman forces, along with local allies, fought for control of the strategically vital Caucasus region.
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B.
Battle of the Moskva
The Battle of the Moskva, better known as the Battle of Borodino, was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, often regarded as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Battle of the Don Bend
The Battle of the Don Bend was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1942, where Axis forces, including the Romanian 4th Army, suffered devastating Soviet attacks that helped pave the way for the encirclement at Stalingrad.
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D.
Battle of Tikhvin
The Battle of Tikhvin was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1941 in which Soviet forces halted and pushed back a German offensive threatening to cut off Leningrad.
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E.
Battle of Bakhmut
The Battle of Bakhmut was a prolonged and brutal urban confrontation between Russian and Ukrainian forces that became one of the bloodiest and most symbolically charged engagements of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Axis powers
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| codename |
Fall Blau
ⓘ
Operation Edelweiss ⓘ |
| commander |
Andrei Grechko
ⓘ
Ewald von Kleist ⓘ Ivan Tyulenev ⓘ Semyon Budyonny ⓘ Wilhelm List ⓘ |
| concurrentWith | Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Hungary
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Romania ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| endDate | 1943-10-09 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soviet counteroffensive in the North Caucasus ⓘ |
| frontLineFeature |
Caucasus
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surface form:
Caucasus Mountains
Kuban River ⓘ Kuban bridgehead ⓘ Taman Peninsula ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Army Group A
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Army Group B ⓘ Soviet Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
surface form:
Black Sea Fleet
Luftwaffe ⓘ North Caucasian Front ⓘ Transcaucasian Front ⓘ |
| location |
Caucasus
ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ South Caucasus ⓘ
surface form:
Transcaucasia
|
| notableEvent |
German advance to the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains
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Soviet defense of the oil fields ⓘ |
| objective |
capture of Grozny oil fields
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capture of Maikop oil fields ⓘ capture of the Caucasus oil fields ⓘ seizure of Baku oil fields ⓘ |
| opponent | Red Army ⓘ |
| outcome |
Axis forces forced to withdraw
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Axis offensive halted ⓘ |
| partOf |
Case Blue
ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
|
| result | Soviet victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1942-07-25 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of access routes between Europe and the Middle East
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control of oil resources ⓘ |
| theatre |
Eastern Front
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surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
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Subject: Battle of the Caucasus Description of subject: The Battle of the Caucasus was a major World War II campaign on the Eastern Front in which German and Axis forces attempted, but ultimately failed, to seize the oil-rich Caucasus region from the Soviet Union between 1942 and 1943.
Referenced by (15)
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