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The Battle of the Caucasus was a series of Axis and Soviet operations in the Caucasus as part of the Eastern Front of World War II.On 25 July 1942, German troops captured Rostov-on-Don, opening the Caucasus region of the southern Soviet Union to the Germans and threatening the oil fields beyond at Maikop, Grozny, and ultimately Baku.
In the summer of 1942, Operation Edelweiss was drawn up in order to capture the Caucasus, in particular, Baku and Grozny. A similar plan called Velvet was also drawn up by the allies of the USSR – England and the United States. [4] In 1942–1943, 74 attempts of the German air forces to invade Baku were stopped. [3]
After Operation Rübezahl in Yugoslavia in August 1944, the division took part in defensive fighting against the Red Army in the Belgrade Offensive and suffered severe losses. During the operation, the division commander, Generalleutnant Walter Stettner Ritter von Grabenhofen, was killed in action on 17 October 1944 on Avala, a mountain near ...
Prepared in 1942, never carried out.) [25] Operation Blau (strategic summer offensive in southern USSR. Carried out 28 June 1942.) Operation Fischreiher (plan to advance to the Volga river and capture the city of Stalingrad. Carried out 22 July 1942.) Operation Edelweiss (plan to capture the oil fields of Baku and gain control over the Caucasus ...
In 1942 on the Eastern Front, the German army approached the South Caucasus. Hitler was eager to capture Azerbaijan, seeking oil to strengthen the German army and weaken the Soviet Union – whose economy relied heavily on oil and fossil fuels. [6] Operation Edelweiss was planned to commence on September 26, 1942. [7]
The operation involved a two-pronged attack: one from the Axis right flank against the oil fields of Baku, known as Operation Edelweiss, and one from the left flank to protect the first attack, moving in the direction of Stalingrad along the Don River, known as Operation Fischreiher.
The 4th Mountain Division was established in October 1940. It took part in the 1941 Balkans Campaign and then joined Army Group South in Operation Barbarossa after it was already underway. In 1942 it participated in the failed attempt to seize the Caucasus in Operation Edelweiss under Army Group A.
Operation Edelweiss (German: Unternehmen Edelweiß) is a 1954 West German war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Joachim Mock, Albert Hehn and Wolf Petersen. [1] It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location in Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski.