Uranus encirclement at Stalingrad

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The Uranus encirclement at Stalingrad was the major Soviet counteroffensive in November 1942 that surrounded and trapped the German 6th Army, turning the tide on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation
World War II battle
military encirclement
belligerent Hungary
Italy
Nazi Germany
Romania
Soviet Union
casualtiesSide heavy Axis losses
significant Soviet losses
codename Operation Uranus
commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Andrey Yeremenko
Georgy Zhukov
Nikolai Vatutin
commanderOpposing Friedrich Paulus
Hermann Hoth
conflict Battle of Stalingrad
country Soviet Union
date November 1942
endDate late November 1942
followedBy Operation Little Saturn
Operation Winter Storm
frontUsed Don Front
Southwestern Front
Stalingrad Front
hasPart Operation Uranus
historicalSignificance marked the first large-scale encirclement and destruction of a major German field army
shifted strategic initiative to the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front
location Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

Stalingrad
Volgograd Oblast
objective encircle German 6th Army at Stalingrad
opponent German 4th Panzer Army elements
German 6th Army
Romanian 3rd Army
Romanian 4th Army
partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet 1942–1943 winter campaign
precededBy German summer offensive Case Blue
result decisive Soviet victory
encirclement of German 6th Army
isolation of Axis forces in Stalingrad pocket
strategic turning point on the Eastern Front
startDate 19 November 1942
tactic double envelopment
target weak Axis allied armies on the flanks of Stalingrad
theater European theatre of World War II

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Soviet Armed Forces in World War II notableOperation Uranus encirclement at Stalingrad