The campaign detailed in Robert Forczyk’s covers a pivotal but often overlooked segment of Fall Blau (Case Blue), the German summer offensive of 1942. While the Battle of Stalingrad captured global attention, General Ewald von Kleist’s Panzerarmee 1 spearheaded a desperate southern thrust to seize the Soviet Union’s vital oil resources. Strategic Objectives
The German high command identified a critical lack of oil as their most pressing strategic weakness. The Caucasus campaign, specifically , sought to solve this by: The Caucasus 1942-43: Kleist's Race for Oil
The Caucasus 1942–43: Kleist's race for oil - Osprey Publishing The campaign detailed in Robert Forczyk’s covers a
: Simultaneously crippling the Red Army by cutting off their primary fuel supplies. The Caucasus 1942-43: Kleist's Race for Oil