Eastern FrontSOUTHERN SECTORThe Maikop oilfields fall to the 13th Panzer Division of the 1st Panzer Army, but the retreating Red Army sabotages the oil production installations. the 17th Army attacks Krasnodar, while the 1st Panzer is involved in heavy fighting near Stavropol. The Soviet High Command order the North Caucasus Front to cover the approaches to the Black Sea, using Kamkov's 18th Army and the XVII Cavalry Corps to cover the mountain passes and Grechko's 12th Army to defend the junction of the 18th and 56th Armies. Kotov's 47th Army is to protect Novorossysk. |
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