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Battle of Kalach
Part of the Battle of Stalingrad during the Eastern Front of World War II
Date
July 25 – August 11, 1942
Location
West of Kalach-na-Donu, Russia
Result
German victory
Belligerents
Germany
Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Fp. Paulus G. Goth W. Geitz G. von Withersheim K. Strecker W. von Seydlitz-Kurzbach W. von Langerman
Martin Fiebig
V. N. Gordov V. Ya. Kolpakchi V. I. Chuikov K. S. Moskalenko V. D. Kryuchenkin
T. T. Khryukin
Units involved
6th Army
8th AK
11th AK
14th AK
51st AK
4th Panzer Army
24th TK
Supported by:
Luftwaffe
8th Air Corps
At least 270 thousand military personnel
Stalingrad Front
62nd Army
64th Army
1st TA
4th TA
8th VA
150-160 thousand military personnel
Strength
Sixth Army ca. 270,000 men
1st and 4th Tank Armies 62nd and 64th Armies ca. 160,000 men
Casualties and losses
5,000-6,000 killed
35,000 captured 270 tanks destroyed or captured 560 guns destroyed or captured
German forces (August 5, 1942)
Parent unit
Sixth Army
Components
XIV Panzer Corps • 16th Panzer Division • 3rd Motorized Division • 60th Motorized Division XXIV Panzer Corps • 24th Panzer Division • 71st Infantry Division • 76th Infantry Division • 297th Infantry Division LI Corps • 44th Infantry Division • 295th Infantry Division
Soviet forces (August 1, 1942)
Parent unit
Stalingrad Front
Components
1st Tank Army • 13th Tank Corps • 23rd Tank Corps • 28th Tank Corps • 131st Rifle Division • 399th Rifle Division 4th Tank Army • 22nd Tank Corps • 18th Rifle Division • 205th Rifle Division 62nd Army • 33rd Guards Rifle Division • 147th Rifle Division • 181st Rifle Division • 184th Rifle Division • 192nd Rifle Division • 196th Rifle Division • 40th Tank Brigade 64th Army • 29th Rifle Division • 112th Rifle Division • 204th Rifle Division • 208th Rifle Division • 214th Rifle Division • 229th Rifle Division • 66th Naval Rifle Brigade • 154th Naval Rifle Brigade • 121st Tank Brigade • 137th Tank BrigadeTerrain near Kalach
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Case Blue to 3rd Kharkov
Blue
Voronezh
2nd Rostov
Caucasus
Fischreiher
Kalach
Izbushensky
Stalingrad
Little Saturn
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh
Voronezh-Kastornensk
Gallop
Star
3rd Kharkov
Map showing the German (blue) attack in August 1942 that surrounded the Soviet (red) 62nd Army at the Battle of Kalach.Terrain by the Don River south of Kalach.
The Battle of Kalach[nb 1] took place between the German Sixth Army and elements of the Soviet Stalingrad Front between July 25 and August 11, 1942. The Soviets deployed the 62nd and 64th Armies in a Don River bridgehead west of Kalach with the intent of impeding the German advance on Stalingrad. In the initial period of the battle, the Germans attacked and managed to surround part of the 62nd Army. In reaction, the Soviets counter-attacked and temporarily forced the Germans onto the defense. Following resupply of German forces, the roles again reversed and the Germans attacked into the flanks of the Soviet bridgehead, successfully collapsing it. The German victory positioned the Sixth Army to cross the Don River and advance on Stalingrad, which became the site of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Soviet forces (August 1, 1942)
