Battles of WWII: Germans re-capture Rostov . 23/07/1942. Italian Newsreel

The Germans occupied Rostov-on-Don for seven months from July 23, 1942 to February 14, 1943. The town was of strategic importance as a railway junction and a river port accessing the Caucasus, a region rich in oil and minerals. It took ten years to restore the city from the damage during World War II