integral part of the Donbas–Rostov Strategic Defensive Operation. By the end of September 1941, the German army’s approaches to Donbas were defended by:...

Donbas may refer to: Russian Civil War Donbas-Don operation (1918) Battle for the Donbas (1919) Donbas operation (1919) World War II Donbas operation...

of Donbas during the World War II. During it, the Donbas and Rostov front–line defensive operations were carried out. By the end of September 1941, the...

The Donbas (UK: /dɒnˈbɑːs/, US: /ˈdɒnbɑːs, dʌnˈbæs/; Ukrainian: Донбас [donˈbɑs];) or Donbass (Russian: Донбасс [dɐnˈbas]) is a historical, cultural,...

Defensive Operation on November 5–16, 1941 was a front–line defensive operation of the Soviet troops of the Southern Front, an integral part of the Donbas–Rostov...

The Donbas strategic offensive was the second of two strategic operations of the Soviet Red Army on the Eastern Front of World War II, with the goal of...

Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World...

Operation Progress may refer to: Operation Progress, a 1941 Russian Donbas–Rostov strategic defensive operation during World War II Operation Progress...

September 1941 – 15 May 1942 Donbas defensive operation (1941) (ru) : 29 September – 4 November 1941 Rostov defensive (ru) : 5–16 November 1941 Moscow strategic...

in the position. Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion plan, called for the capture of Moscow within four months. On 22 June 1941, Axis forces invaded...

July – 7 August 1941) Rogechev-Zhlobin Offensive Operation (13–24 July 1941) Gomel-Trubchevsk Defensive Operation (24 July – 30 August 1941) Dukhovschina...

delivered as part of the general Donbas–Rostov strategic defensive operation (29 September 1941 – 16 November 1941) also forced Rundstedt's Army Group...

June 1941, the Axis invaded the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa, with Axis land forces reaching the Crimean peninsula in the autumn of 1941 and...

Operation EF (1941) (Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo) took place on 30 July 1941, during the Second World War. After the beginning of Operation Barbarossa...

During the Soviet winter counter-offensive of 1941, and the Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive operation (8 January 1942 – 20 April 1942), German forces...

defensive operation (Russian: Прибалтийская стратегическая оборонительная операция) encompassed the operations of the Red Army from 22 June to 9 July 1941 conducted...

the war in Donbas  Bulgaria: Equipped with 300 items (both PTRD & PTRS) by Soviet Union between 1944 and 1945, seen in combat operations.  China: Used...

Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle) was the German offensive operation in July 1943 against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient, proposed...

defenders. German reserves were shifted from the Orel sector and north from the Donbas regions in an attempt to stem the tide and slow down the Soviet attacks...

modern weapons. Putin announced the start of a "special military operation" in the Donbas region, citing Article 51 of the UN Charter (on the right to self-defence)...

Operation Mars (Russian: Операция «Марс»), also known as the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive Operation (Russian: Вторая Ржевско-Сычёвская наступательная...

occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina). The operation started during the night of 2–3 July 1941 and concluded successfully after 24 days of fighting...

defence of Odessa, lasted from 8 August until 16 October 1941, during the early phase of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during...

city of Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetia. There were no military operations in the region in 1941. But the region was affected by warfare elsewhere in the Soviet...

Hitler for a counteroffensive against the Soviet forces advancing in the Donbas region. On 12 February 1943, the remaining German forces were reorganised...

join the Axis. June 22: Operation Barbarossa launched – Axis invasion of the Soviet Union June 22: Battle of the Baltic (1941) – Kriegsmarine inflicts...

began their advance into the Soviet Union under the codename Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941, the opening date of the Eastern Front. Initially, Soviet...

offensive throughout the eastern front. Operation Kutuzov was the northern offensive (the other being the Donbas offensive south of Kursk), with its objective...

Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation Barbarossa took place over a six-month period, 22 June – December, 1941. Aviation played a critical role...

Retrieved 31 March 2022. Ivan Katchanovski (2016). "The Separatist War in Donbas: A Violent Break-up of Ukraine?". European Politics and Society. 17 (4):...