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Battle of Rostov (1942)
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date19 July 1942 – 24 July 1942
(5 days)
LocationRostov-on-Don region, USSR
Result German victory
Belligerents
Flag of German Reich (1935–1945) Nazi Germany Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Wilhelm List
Richard Ruoff
Ewald von Kleist
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
Wilhelm von Apell
Eberhard von Mackensen
Rodion Malinovsky
Andrei Grechko
Viktor Tsyganov
Strength
17th Army Southern Front

The Battle of Rostov was an episode of the Fall Blau operation, which lasted five days and faced the 56th Soviet Army, in retreat, against the 17th German Army and 1st Panzer Army that tried to surround it.

It was a definite success for the Germans who, thanks to a "commando" action of the Brandenburg Regiment, took the bridges over the Don, the Bataysk Bridge and the dike to the south of the city, prevented the flooding of swamp allowed them to continue their progress towards the Caucasus.[1]

References[]

  1. Lopez 2008, p. 460.

Bibliography[]

  • Lopez, Jean (2008) (in fr). Stalingrad: la bataille au bord du gouffre. Campagnes & stratégies (1st ed.). Paris: Economica. ISBN 978-2717856385. 
  • Werth, Alexander (1964). Russia At War, 1941-1945. London: Barrie & Rockliff. ISBN 978-2847347609. 
  • Krivosheev, Grigori (2001) (in ru). Россия и СССР в войнах XX века. Потери вооруженных сил. Статистическое исследование. Moscow: Olma-Press. ISBN 5-224-01515-4. 
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