The Rzhev Battles () were a series of Soviet Operations in World War II dating between January 8, 1942 and March 31, 1943; these operations took place in the general area of Rzhev, Sychyovka and Vyazma against German forces. These battles are also known as the "Rzhev meat grinder" ("Ржевская мясорубка") due to huge losses by the Red Army. A reminder of these until recently 'nameless' battles is found in the poem by Aleksandr Tvardovsky, which contains the evocative phrase I was killed near Rzhev... (Я убит подо Ржевом, 1945–1946).
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| - The Rzhev Battles () were a series of Soviet Operations in World War II dating between January 8, 1942 and March 31, 1943; these operations took place in the general area of Rzhev, Sychyovka and Vyazma against German forces. These battles are also known as the "Rzhev meat grinder" ("Ржевская мясорубка") due to huge losses by the Red Army. A reminder of these until recently 'nameless' battles is found in the poem by Aleksandr Tvardovsky, which contains the evocative phrase I was killed near Rzhev... (Я убит подо Ржевом, 1945–1946).
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- 2000(xsd:integer)
- 415000(xsd:integer)
- 668000(xsd:integer)
- Unknown
- Earmarked for Operation Jupiter:
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| Commander
| - Erich Hoepner
- Ivan Konev
- Georgy Zhukov
- Walter Model
- Adolf Strauss
- Dmitry Lelyushenko
- Ludwig Kübler
- Vasily Sokolovsky
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| Casualties
| - 330000(xsd:integer)
- 362664(xsd:integer)
- 450000(xsd:integer)
- 746485(xsd:integer)
- German sources: not clear
- Russian sources:
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| Result
| - Stalemate
- The German abandoned the Rzhev salient
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| - Rzhev and Velikie Luki salients, Russian SFSR
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| - The Rzhev Battles () were a series of Soviet Operations in World War II dating between January 8, 1942 and March 31, 1943; these operations took place in the general area of Rzhev, Sychyovka and Vyazma against German forces. These battles are also known as the "Rzhev meat grinder" ("Ржевская мясорубка") due to huge losses by the Red Army. This part of the Second World War was poorly covered by Soviet military historiography, and what coverage exists occurred only after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, when historians gained access to relevant documents. The exact dates of particular battles, their names, outcomes, significance, and even losses have not been fully clarified. A reminder of these until recently 'nameless' battles is found in the poem by Aleksandr Tvardovsky, which contains the evocative phrase I was killed near Rzhev... (Я убит подо Ржевом, 1945–1946). The major operations that were executed in this area of the front were: 1.
* Rzhev–Vyazma Strategic Offensive Operation () (8 January – 20 April 1942) of the Kalinin Front, Western Front, Bryansk Front, and Northwestern Front 2.
* Sychyovsk–Vyazma offensive operation () (8 January – 20 April 1942) of the Kalinin Front 3.
* Mozhaysk–Vyazma offensive operation (Operation Jupiter) () (10 January – 28 February 1942) of the Western Front 4.
* Toropets-Kholm Offensive Operation () (9 January – 6 February 1942) of the Northwestern Front and re-assigned to the Kalinin Front from 22 January 1942 5.
* Vyazma airborne operation () (18 January – 28 February 1942) (see also Operation Hannover) of the Western Front 6.
* Rzhev operation (3 march – 20 April 1942) () 7.
* Operation Seydlitz and the Soviet defensive battles around Bely and Kholm-Zhirkovsky () (2–23 July 1942) launched by 9th Army of Germany to eliminate the salient in the vicinity between Bely and Kholm–Zhirkovsky and annihilate the 39th Army and 11th Cavalry Corps of the Kalinin Front 8.
* First Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation () (30 July – 23 August 1942, other sources say ending on 30 September or 1 October 1942) by forces of the Kalinin Front and Western Front 9.
* Second Rzhev–Sychevka Offensive Operation (Operation Mars) () (25 November – 20 December 1942) by the forces of the Kalinin Front and Western Front 10.
* Battle for Velikiye Luki () (24 November 1942 – 20 January 1943) by 3rd Shock Army of the Kalinin Front 11.
* Third Rzhev–Sychevka Offensive Operation () (2–31 March 1943) by the forces of the Kalinin Front and Western Front, at the same time, the southern flank offensive operations on the Bryansk Front. These were operations that occurred during the planned German retreat from the salient known as Operation Büffel
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