"winter counteroffensives" . . . "recapture of Rostov" . . "retreat from Rostov" . . "captured the city" . "Rostov Offensive Operation" . . "the fighting" . . . . "took Rostov" . "Battle of Rostov" . "33,000" . . . "(17 November\u20132 December)" . . . . "1st Battle of Rostov" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sea of Azov Offensive Operation" . "Slovakia" . . . . . . "battle of Rostov" . . "1941-12-02" . "*1st Panzer Army" . . "Germany" . "Rostov defensive and offensive operations" . "Battle of Rostov (1941)" . "First battle of Rostov" . "Soviet victory" . "Rostov" . . "Soviet Union" . . "Rostov strategic offensive" . . . "Rostov Offensive Operation of 1941" . "advance on Rostov" . . "First Battle of Rostov" . . "Army Group South" . . . . "Liberation of Rostov" . . . . . "Battle of Rostov (1941)" . . "re-took Rostov" . . "battle for Rostov" . "*37th Army" . "Rostov Strategic Offensive Operation" . . "lost" . . "defense of Rostov" . . "Rostov Offensive" . "fighting around Rostov" . . "Southern Front" . . . . "battle of Rostov (1941)" .