Battle

Battle of the Caucasus

9 Oct 1943 · 43.46° N, 42.10° E

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When
9 Oct 1943
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
43.46° N, 42.10° E
Description
1942 World War II military campaign
War
World War II

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Battle of the Caucasus

Series of Axis and Soviet operations on the Eastern Front of WWII

The Battle of the Caucasus was a series of Axis and Soviet operations in the Caucasus as part of the Eastern Front of World War II. On 25 July 1942, German troops captured Rostov-on-Don, opening the Caucasus region of the southern Soviet Union to the Germans and threatening the oil fields beyond at Maykop, Grozny, and ultimately Baku.

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