Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942

July 30 – October 1, 1942

Result German victory

Soviet forces attacked German positions around Rzhev, west of Moscow, in the first of a series of costly offensives there. The attacks failed to eliminate the German salient.

Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany

Soviet Union

Adolf Hitler belligerent leader

Walter Model military commander

Heinrich von Vietinghoff military commander

Joseph Stalin military commander

Georgy Zhukov military commander

Ivan Konev military commander

Units

29th Guards Combined Arms Army 108th Rifle Division 118th Rifle Division 16th Guards Rifle Division 239th Rifle Division 26th Guards Rifle Division 30th Guards Rifle Division 369th Rifle Division 375th Rifle Division 5th Guards Rifle Division 5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 752nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment