Willi Langkeit16 November 1941
Commences the capture of Rostov by leading "Armoured Battlegroup Langkeit"
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Commences the capture of Rostov by leading "Armoured Battlegroup Langkeit"
Leads the German capture of Rostov
With air support from the Ju 87s of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Lists Army Group A recaptured Rostov, the "gate to the Caucasus"
The Germans capture Rostov
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