"1"^^ . "\u2022 184th Rifle Division"@en . . "\u2022 33rd Guards Rifle Division"@en . "\u2022 76th Infantry Division"@en . . . . "\u2022 131st Rifle Division"@en . "\u2022 214th Rifle Division"@en . "\u2022 24th Panzer Division"@en . "Sixth Army"@en . . "\u2022 399th Rifle Division"@en . . . "Germany"@en . "\u2022 137th Tank Brigade"@en . "ca. 160,000 men"@en . "XXIV Panzer Corps"@en . "\u2022 3rd Motorized Division"@en . "1"^^ . "\u2022 18th Rifle Division"@en . "\u2022 181st Rifle Division"@en . "1942-08-01"^^ . . "Battle of Kalach"@en . . "\u2022 229th Rifle Division"@en . . . "\u2022 13th Tank Corps"@en . "62"^^ . "\u2022 22nd Tank Corps"@en . "Gen. F. Paulus"@en . "\u2022 192nd Rifle Division"@en . . . "\u2022 71st Infantry Division"@en . "\u2022 60th Motorized Division"@en . "\u2022 28th Tank Corps"@en . . "\u2022 147th Rifle Division"@en . "Gen.-Lt. V. N. Gordov"@en . "Soviet forces"@en . "\u2022 196th Rifle Division"@en . "\u2022 23rd Tank Corps"@en . "\u2022 204th Rifle Division"@en . "Battle of Kalach"@en . "\u2022 295th Infantry Division"@en . "the Eastern Front of World War II"@en . "Following the occupation of the Crimea and the Battle of Kharkov, the Germans launched their 1942 summer offensive with the objectives of occupying the Don Basin, Stalingrad, and the Caucasus. Advancing as part of Army Group B, the German Sixth Army pushed toward the town of Kalach on the Don River as a step toward the capture of Stalingrad. As defenders, the Soviets were reacting to German initiatives, but they knew Stalingrad was a German objective and were determined to defend the city as far forward as possible. To meet this goal, while the Soviets were generally withdrawing before the German offensive, they retained a bridgehead across the Don at Kalach with lines behind the Tsimla and Chir Rivers."@en . "W of Kalach-na-Donu, Russia"@en . "German forces"@en . "--07-25"^^ . "\u2022 112th Rifle Division"@en . "\u2022 154th Naval Rifle Brigade"@en . "XIV Panzer Corps"@en . "\u2022 40th Tank Brigade"@en . "62"^^ . "German victory"@en . "Following the occupation of the Crimea and the Battle of Kharkov, the Germans launched their 1942 summer offensive with the objectives of occupying the Don Basin, Stalingrad, and the Caucasus. Advancing as part of Army Group B, the German Sixth Army pushed toward the town of Kalach on the Don River as a step toward the capture of Stalingrad. As defenders, the Soviets were reacting to German initiatives, but they knew Stalingrad was a German objective and were determined to defend the city as far forward as possible. To meet this goal, while the Soviets were generally withdrawing before the German offensive, they retained a bridgehead across the Don at Kalach with lines behind the Tsimla and Chir Rivers."@en . . "ca. 270,000 men"@en . "\u2022 66th Naval Rifle Brigade"@en . "\u2022 121st Tank Brigade"@en . "\u2022 205th Rifle Division"@en . "LI Corps"@en . "\u2022 297th Infantry Division"@en . "\u2022 16th Panzer Division"@en . . "4"^^ . "\u2022 208th Rifle Division"@en . "1942-08-05"^^ . "\u2022 44th Infantry Division"@en . "\u2022 29th Rifle Division"@en . "64"^^ .