Case Blue, known in German as Fall Blau, was the German summer offensive of 1942 on the Eastern Front, aimed at seizing the oil fields of the Caucasus and cutting Soviet access to the Volga. Army Group South was divided into Army Groups A and B, with the first advancing into the Caucasus and the second toward the Don and the city of Stalingrad. The Germans made rapid early progress, but their supply lines were overextended, and their flanks were held by weaker Romanian, Italian and Hungarian armies. Fighting around Stalingrad became a long and costly battle in the ruins. A Soviet counter-offensive in November 1942 encircled the German Sixth Army, and Case Blue ended in a major strategic failure.
Before and after
- from 26 May 1942 to 21 June 1942Battle of Gazala
- from 26 May 1942 to 11 June 1942Battle of Bir Hakeim
- from 31 May 1942 to 8 June 1942Attack on Sydney Harbour
- from June 1942 to February 1943Rise of White Rose
- from 1 June 1942 to 24 November 1942Case Blue
- 5 June 1942Birth of Teodoro Obiang
- from 6 June 1942 to 28 July 1943Japanese occupation of Kiska
- 7 June 1942Birth of Muammar Gaddafi
- from 12 June 1942 to 15 June 1942Operation Harpoon
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