Mga offensive

July 22 – August 22, 1943

Result German victory

Soviet forces attacked toward Mga, hoping to break the German siege of Leningrad. German defences held and the offensive ended without a breakthrough.

Contemporaries

Germany

Soviet Union

Germany

Soviet Union

Georg von Küchler military commander

Kirill Meretskov military commander

Mikhail Dukhanov military commander

Leonid Govorov military commander

Units

Army Group North 18th Army (Wehrmacht) 13th Luftwaffe Field Division

Leningrad Front Volkhov Front 67th Army (Soviet Union) 8th Army (Soviet Union) 123rd Rifle Division 124th Rifle Division 128th Rifle Division 165th Rifle Division 196th Rifle Division 239th Rifle Division 256th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 379th Rifle Division 382nd Rifle Division