Case Blue

When

1 Jun 1942 – 24 Nov 1942

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

47.22° N, 39.71° E

Description

German summer offensive of 1942 in southern Russia

1942 German military operation

Case Blue was the Wehrmacht's plan for the 1942 summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II. The objective was to capture the oil fields of Baku, Grozny and Maikop, to enable the Germans to obtain fuel and also to deny it to the Soviet Union, bringing about the complete collapse of the Soviet war effort.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Operation Blue: German forces of Army Group South under Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock drive to Stalingrad and the Baku oil fields”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die deutsche Sommeroffensive Fall Blau beginnt, sie wird am 30. Juni in Unternehmen Braunschweig umbenannt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de l’opération Fall Blau, offensive de l’Axe sur le Front de l’Est (fin en février 1943)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Вермахт начал операцию «Блау» по захвату нефтяных месторождений Северного Кавказа и Баку”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page