✦ History

Part of Eastern Front (World War II), Battles of Rzhev

Operation Mars

November 25 – December 16, 1942 · Rzhev

Result German victory

The Red Army attacked the German salient at Rzhev near Moscow. The offensive failed with very heavy Soviet losses.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Axis

Soviet Union
Germany
Georgy Zhukov military commander Ivan Konev military commander
Walter Model military commander Günther von Kluge military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
702,923
Tanks
1,718

Units

31st Army (Soviet Union) 41st Guards Combined Arms Army 110th Rifle Division 118th Rifle Division 134th Rifle Division 135th Rifle Division 178th Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 220th Rifle Division 238th Rifle Division 239th Rifle Division 243rd Rifle Division 247th Rifle Division 251st Rifle Division 26th Guards Rifle Division 30th Guards Rifle Division 362nd Rifle Division 373rd Rifle Division 375th Rifle Division 88th Rifle Division 90th Guards Tank Division (1985–1997)
102nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 2nd Luftwaffe Field Division 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

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