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The Kuban Bridgehead (German: Kuban-Brückenkopf), also know as the "Goth's head position" (German: Gotenkopfstellung)[3], was a German position on the Taman Peninsula, located in what is today the Southern Federal District of Russia. Existing from January to October 1943 the Bridgehead formed after the German withdrawal from the Caucasus, and provided a defensible consolidation position for the Wehrmacht. The position was intended as a staging area which was to be used to renew attacks towards the oil wells of the Caucasus. The Bridgehead was abandoned when the Panther-Wotan line was breached, resulting in German forces being evacuated across the Kerch Strait to Crimea.
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Part of the Battle of the Caucasus in the Second World War | |||||||
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