Historical place archive

River Don in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at River Don in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1941–1942

Historical events in River Don

1941

June 1941
Operation Blue
Adolf Hitler · World War, 2nd

Launches Operation Blue, to trap Soviet forces in a pincer movement west of the Don

1942

22 August 1942
Battle of Stalingrad
Hans Hube · World War, 2nd

Leads the 16th Panzer Division across the River Don

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and River Don. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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