Operation Uranus

When

19 Nov 1942 – 23 Nov 1942

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

48.70° N, 44.52° E

Description

1942 strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II

1942 World War II Soviet operation

Operation Uranus was a Soviet strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II which led to the encirclement of Axis forces in the vicinity of Stalingrad: the German Sixth Army, the Third and Fourth Romanian armies, and portions of the German Fourth Panzer Army.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de l’opération Uranus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “el ejército soviético da inicio a la operación Urano, movimiento en pinza que tiene como objetivo cercar el 6.º ejército alemán en Stalingrado”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ソビエト連邦によるウラヌス作戦の開始”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page