Three battles of the
Eastern Front of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
around the city of
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
on the
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov ( Crimean Tatar: ''Azaq deñizi''; russian: Азовское море, Azovskoye more; uk, Азовське море, Azovs'ke more) is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about ) Strait of Kerch, ...
are known as the Battle of Rostov:
*In the
Battle of Rostov (1941), the German 1st Panzer Army captured the city but was driven out by the Soviet 37th Army
*In the
Battle of Rostov (1942)
The Battle of Rostov was an episode of the Fall Blau operation, which lasted five days and pitted the 56th Soviet Army, in retreat, against the 17th German Army and 1st Panzer Army which tried to surround it.
It was a definite success for the Ger ...
, the German 17th Army captured the city
*In the
Battle of Rostov (1943) Three battles of the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II around the city of Rostov-on-Don on the Sea of Azov are known as the Battle of Rostov:
*In the Battle of Rostov (1941), the German 1st Panzer Army captured the city but ...
, the Soviet Union recaptured the city
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