Southeastern Front
title: "Southeastern Front" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["soviet-fronts"] topic_path: "general/soviet-fronts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Front" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| unit_name | Southeastern Front |
| dates | August 5, 1942 – September 28, 1942 |
| country | Soviet Union |
| branch | [[File:Red Army flag.svg |
| type | Army Group Command |
| size | Several Armies |
| battles | World War II |
| Case Blue | |
| notable_commanders | Andrey Yeryomenko |
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It was formed on August 5, 1942, out of parts of the Stalingrad Front, using the command elements from the First Tank Army and the disbanded Southern Front. The front's main aim was to prevent the German advance towards the Volga River and ward off the threat of a German encirclement of Stalingrad.
For this purpose it included :
Were later added to the forces of the front :
On September 28 the Southeastern Front was disbanded; most of its forces became the new Stalingrad Front, whilst the former Stalingrad Front was renamed the Don Front.
Commanders
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Colonel-General Andrey Yeryomenko;
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Brigadekomissar V. M. Layok (Member of the Military Council - August 1942);
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Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) Central Committee Secretary Nikita Khrushchev (Member of the Military Council, August–September 1942);
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Major General G. F. Sakharov (Chief of Staff, August–September 1942).
References
References
- David M. Glantz, ''Armageddon in Stalingrad'', University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2009, pp 272-73
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