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The Chir (Russian: Чир) is a river in Rostov and Volgograd oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Don, and is 317 kilometres (197 mi) long,...

Mechanized Corps crossed the Chir river West of Surovikino, while elements of the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps crossed the Chir southeast of Surovikino and...

destruction of the encircled German forces and their offensive around the lower Chir River. The German offensive caught the Red Army by surprise and made large gains...

Look up chir- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chir or CHIR may refer to: Chir, Algeria Chir, Bavanat, Fars Chir, Mamasani, Fars Chir, Kohgiluyeh and...

part in the efforts to stop the Soviet advance. In battles along the Chir River his division destroyed an entire Soviet Tank Corps and much of the Soviet...

Soviet control and then headed south and, after grim fighting, crossed the Chir River on 25 November. On 22 November, the encircled "General Lascăr" Group,...

relief effort. Instead, the XLVIII Panzer Corps held a line along the Chir River, beating off successive Soviet attacks. General Hermann Balck used the...

Dumitrescu into retreat. For a brief period, the Third Army dug in near the Chir River, but Soviet troops pushed them back. In December 1942, the decision was...

on the Eastern Front of World War II that led to battles in Don and Chir rivers region in German-occupied Soviet Union territory in 16–30 December 1942...

knowing it. On the 23rd, Sixth Army hit the Soviet main line east of the Chir River. The VIII Corps, on the north, encountered several Soviet rifle divisions...

this operation was the annihilation of Axis troops along the Don and Chir River, mainly the Italian 8th Army. The Soviet 63rd Army, backed by T-34 tanks...

river Chir to join various ad hoc Kampfgruppen. For its part, the Romanian 1st Armored Division lost 60% of its combat strength and crossed the Chir River...

forces broke through the Soviet infantry's line of defense and crossed the Chir River, but the unit continued to fight to prevent the Axis from reaching a railroad...

Chyornaya Kalitva Khopyor – 1,010 kilometres (630 mi) Medveditsa Ilovlya Chir Seversky Donets – 1,053 kilometres (654 mi) Aidar – 264 kilometres (164 mi)...

German 6th Army in Stalingrad KG 100 began to support the defense of the Chir River on 24 November. It began flying supply operations into the Oblinskaya...

moved to Tatsinskaya Airfield on 20 July, then to Oblivskaya along the Chir River as the German 6th army advanced to Stalingrad. By mid-August it was bombing...

south to north across the Great Bend of the Don from Surovikino on the Chir River to Kletskaya on the Don. The 196th was responsible for a 30 km-wide sector...

in three nights and one day, the battalion succeeded in getting to the Chir River with all its soldiers and equipment, and prevented the Soviet 8th Cavalry...

stanitsa) in Bokovsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Chir River 354 kilometers (220 mi) south of Rostov-on-Don. Population: 4,832 (2010...

Axis lines, threatening the rear of the front on the Chir. On 22 December, the banks of the river Chir were abandoned by the left wing of Army Group Hollidt...