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The mechanized German army aimed to secure a large supply of oil. Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, provided an overwhelming share of Soviet oil production.In an agreement of February 1940 following the August 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Germany and the Soviet Union committed to exchange German machinery, manufactures, and technology for Soviet resources.
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.
The Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan, also known as the Sovietization or Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan, took place in April 1920.It was a military campaign conducted by the 11th Army of Soviet Russia with the aim of installing a new Soviet government in the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Mehdi Huseynzade Monument in Baku. In 1943, the film Submarine T-9 was shot at the Baku Film Studio. [15] On January 23, 1945, the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR was established. [16] To this day, there are monuments to war heroes in Baku—Mehdi Huseynzade, Hazi Aslanov, Geray Asadov, Richard Sorge (1981). The memorial complex "Mass ...
Baku became the primary strategic goal of Hitler's 1942 Fall Blau offensive. The German army was at first stalled in the mountains of Caucasus, then decisively defeated at the Battle of Stalingrad and forced to retreat. Similarly to other peoples of the Caucasus, some Azerbaijanis joined the German side. These units included: Aserbaidschanische ...
German authorities have been tracking down the last-remaining members of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a now-defunct Cold War-era militant group, who have been on the run for nearly 30 years.
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan (1920) [citation needed] Azerbaijan Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Azerbaijani Bolsheviks; Defeat. Sovietization of Azerbaijan; Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan (1920–1991) World War II (1939–1945) Soviet Union. Soviet Azerbaijan; Germany. Azerbaijani Legion; Victory
The 317th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army.It was formed in July, 1941, in the Transcaucasus Military District, as a standard rifle division.It was designated as an "Azerbaidzhani National" ethnic division, based on Azeri reservists, and may have carried the honorific name "Baku" (Russian: Бакинская).