✦ History

Part of Siege of Leningrad

Demyansk Pocket

January 7 – May 25, 1942 · Demyansk

Result German victory

Soviet forces surrounded about 100,000 German troops near Demyansk. The Germans supplied the pocket by air and broke through to it after several months.

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Allies

Axis

Soviet Union
Germany

Strength and losses

Strength
400,000
Casualties
245,500
Wounded
156,603

Units

Northwestern Front 27th Army (Soviet Union) 34th Army (Soviet Union) 53rd Army (Soviet Union) 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps 129th Rifle Division 130th Rifle Division 163rd Rifle Division 170th Rifle Division 171st Rifle Division 180th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 200th Rifle Division 202nd Rifle Division 241st Rifle Division 245th Rifle Division 250th Rifle Division 253rd Rifle Division 26th Rifle Division 2nd Guards Airborne Division 364th Rifle Division 370th Rifle Division 380th Rifle Division 384th Rifle Division 391st Rifle Division 397th Rifle Division 46th Rocket Division 55th Rifle Division 7th Guards Rifle Division 8th Guards Airborne Division
16th Army (Wehrmacht) 81st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) X Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 126th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 225th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 254th Infantry Division 290th Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 32nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 58th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) Blue Division

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