Soviet Union 1942 ▶ Summer Offensive Fall Blau (1) Battles of Kharkow / Donbass / Stalingrad

125 Soviet Union 1942 ▶ Summer Offensive “Fall Blau“ (1) Battles of Kharkow / Don / Stalingrad German History Archive ▶ Part 1: Charkow Kharkov Kharkiv - Donbass Донбасс Heeresgruppe Süd / 6. Armee and 17. Armee Filmed by cameramann Götz Hirt-Reger After the epic “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42“ Stalin became overambitious and launched an attack to recapture Kharkov (back then the 4th largest city in Sovjet Russia). This battle is known as the Second Battle of Kharkov, which ended in a crippling blow to sovjet militairy capabilities (over 200000 soldiers captured). As this footage shows after that defeat the Wehrmacht was once again able to launch a full scale attack on the southern sector stretching from Kharkov to the black sea. Army Group B: Army Group B was newly established on the Russian southern front on July 9, 1942. The new Army Group Command was created by renaming Army Group Command South, effectively dividing the forces of