briefly with the 16th Army. During 1942 the Wehrmacht commenced "Operation Fall Blau" and switched the axis of their offensive from Moscow and attacked southward...
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The 60th Infantry Division was formed in late 1939, from Gruppe Eberhardt, a collection of SA units that had been engaged in the capture of Danzig during...
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Junkers Ju 87 (section Fall Blau to Stalingrad; 1942)
capitulation of Soviet forces on 4 July. For the German summer offensive, Fall Blau, the Luftwaffe had concentrated 1,800 aircraft into Luftflotte 4 making...
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Look up Blau or blau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blau is the German and Catalan word for the color blue. It may refer to: Blau (Danube), a tributary...
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offensive against Western Europe. Fall Grün (Ireland) ("Case Green") (1940) – planned invasion of Ireland. Fall Blau ("Case Blue") (1942) – summer offensive...
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defensive operations in the Kursk area. Thereafter the corps joined the Fall Blau offensive towards Stalingrad under Army Group B. During the Battle of...
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development of "Clobber Colleges" for the training of fighter pilots in fall 1944, was a decisive element in Allied countermeasures against the Jagdverbände...
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actions by armed forces. Fall Blau 1935 - German defence planning on the eastern border, simultaneously with Fall Rot Fall Rot 1935 - German defence...
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fields in the Caucasus. German forces invaded the Caucasus under the Fall Blau ("Case Blue") plan on 28 June 1942. The Soviets successfully halted further...
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