Operation Details

Blücher (ii)

'Blücher' (ii) was a German unrealised plan for a five-division major amphibious assault from Crimea across the Strait of Kerch into the Kuban area of the Caucasus as part of 'Blau III' (July 1942).

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The operation was first laid out in the Führerweisung Nr 43 of 11 July 1942, but was in fact finally executed in a much smaller 'Blücher II' form on 2 September 1942.

Basic Overview

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