✦ History

Part of Battles of Rzhev

Operation "Seydlitz"

July 2–23, 1942

Result German victory

German forces eliminated a Soviet penetration of the German 9th Army's front near Rzhev. It was a limited German victory.

Contemporaries

Allies

Axis

Soviet Union
Germany
Ivan Konev military commander
Walter Model military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
4,386
Wounded
8,020
Missing
47,072

Units

135th Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 21st Guards Rifle Division 2nd Training Motor Rifle Division "Alp Arslan" 355th Rifle Division 373rd Rifle Division 380th Rifle Division 381st Rifle Division