The Wehrmacht had been planning the capture of the oil field under the codename Operation Edelweiss.
It was intended to cover the Baku and Absheron Peninsula oil districts from air attack.
From that point it included both fighters, surface-to-air missiles, and air defence radars.
Georgia was able to seize at least one battalion of S-75 SAMs, two batteries of P-125Ms, as well as several P-18 (Spoon Rest) radars.
[7] Commanders of the Baku Air Defence District and it successor units included: