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1945 Kazakhstan Border War (Hitler’s World)

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The Soviets were forewarned weeks in advance by an earlier raiding party near Rostov-upon-Don, that the German Axis forces attack the city of Uralsk, in north west Kazakhstan and the Astrakhan City salient, in what would become known as the '1945 Kazakhstan border War'. The Soviets created a plan to slow down, redirect, exhaust, disrupt and progressively wear away at the once powerful German panzer spearheads by forcing them to attack through a vast interconnected web of minefields, pre-sited artillery fire zones, and concealed anti-tank strong points which comprised 12 progressively spaced out defensive lines which ran 270 km deep from east to west. It was by far the most extensive defensive works ever constructed; it proved to be more than three times the depth necessary to contain the

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Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan city Uralsk defence lines.

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A narrow German Axis victory

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Astrakhan Oblast and Kalmykia Autonomous Oblast.

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The Soviets were forewarned weeks in advance by an earlier raiding party near Rostov-upon-Don, that the German Axis forces attack the city of Uralsk, in north west Kazakhstan and the Astrakhan City salient, in what would become known as the '1945 Kazakhstan border War'. The Soviets created a plan to slow down, redirect, exhaust, disrupt and progressively wear away at the once powerful German panzer spearheads by forcing them to attack through a vast interconnected web of minefields, pre-sited artillery fire zones, and concealed anti-tank strong points which comprised 12 progressively spaced out defensive lines which ran 270 km deep from east to west. It was by far the most extensive defensive works ever constructed; it proved to be more than three times the depth necessary to contain the farthest extent of the German attack on the city of Uralsk. Defences were slightly thinner towards Astrakhan city, which the Germans and Italians would use to their advantage. Both the strategic use of artillery, an élite Panzer Grenadier unit and the 300mm siege mortar Thor would reduce resistance in the city. The city of Uralsk was left for a later date.