Case Blue
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case-blue-178-1428170
title:
Case Blue
text:
Case Blue was the Wehrmacht's plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II. The objective was to capture the oil fields of Baku, Grozny and Maikop for two purposes: to enable the Germans to re-supply their low fuel stock and also to deny their use to the Soviet Union, thereby bringing about the complete collapse of the Soviet war effort. After Operation Barbarossa failed to destroy the Soviet Union as a political and mi
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wiki
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description:
1942 German plan to further invade the Soviet Union following Operation Barbarossa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Blue
date created:
2005-01-11T22:43:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T12:04:31Z
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