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Encyclopedia: Battle-of-Berlin Rzhev Battles (Ржевская битва) is a general term for a series of World War II offensives launched during January 8, 1942— March 22, 1943 by Soviet forces in the general directions of Rzhev, Sychevka and Vyazma against a German salient in the vicinity of Moscow, known as Rzhev meat grinder... Operation Mars, or 2nd Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive was a World War II strategic offensive launched in November-December of 1942 by Soviet forces against a German salient in the vicinity of Moscow. The last major battle was the Prague Offensive on May 6 - May 11, 1945, when the Soviet Army with the help of Polish, Romanian and Czechoslovak forces defeated the parts of Army Group Centre which continued to resist in Czechoslovakia. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Berlin

Battle of Stalingrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On November 20, a second Soviet offensive was launched to the south of Stalingrad, against points held by the Romanian 4th Army. In January the Soviets launched a second offensive, Operation Saturn, attempting to punch through the Italian army on the Don and take Second Battle of Kharkov, which resulted in the pocketing of large Soviet force on May 22nd. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad

Aberjona Press: Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front The first involves a failed offensive late in the Winter–Spring Campaign of 1944, which the Germans label as major and which Soviet historians generally ignore; and the second (covered later) involves an apparent major attempt by Soviet forces at the end of the Summer–Fall Campaign of 1944 to penetrate deep into East Prussia. Second, since many of these operations failed, they left no major “footprint” in terms of major territorial advance or impact on their opponent that can easily attract the historians attention. The second major source, that of M. Solomatin, commander of the 1st Mechanized Corps, mentions the necessity of tying down German reserves within the context of the Stalingrad battle and ­provides a superb and detailed description of the role of his corps in Operation Mars. www.aberjonapress.com /catalog/slh/excerpt.html

Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Operation "Mars" - The Second Offensive in Rzhev Vicinities. Operation Mars is virtually unknown, largely due to Soviet efforts to expunge this disastrous defeat from historical accounts of Eastern Front fighting, although there is an opinion (put forth by American historian David Glantz) that in fact it was a more important offensive in STAVKA planning than the near-simulataneous Operation Uranus. It was a major episode in a series of nearly fruitless assaults ( Rzhev Battles) in the directions of Rzhev, en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Rzhev-Sychevka_Offensive

Battle of Kursk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia second front the battle there did begin to tell and in the last quarter of 1942 and the first half of 1943 the Lufftwaffe lost over 40 per cent of its total strength in the battles over Malta and Tunisia. They planned to meet near Kursk, but if the offensive went well they would have permission to continue forward on their own initiative, with a general plan to create a new line on the Don River far to the east. The German delay in launching their offensive gave the Soviets four months in which to prepare, and with every passing day they turned the salient into one of the most heavily defended points on earth. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Kursk

Second World War Books: Review Operation Mars (also known as the "Rzhev-Sychevka offensive") was, as Glantz tells us, an operation mounted on a scale as lavish as Operation Uranus (the Soviet offensive that surrounded German 6th Army in Stalingrad) and planned with an equally ambitious goal: to isolate and destroy German 9th Army in the Rzhev salient. Not counting the offensive at Velikie Luki, which was designed to support his Mars effort, Zhukov's two fronts employed seven armies in their offensive (the 41st, 22nd, 39th, 30th, 31st, 20th, and 29th) and Vasilevsky's three fronts employed seven (the 5th Tank, 21st, 65th, 24th, 64th, 57th, and 51st). Once the offensive is launched on 25 November 1942, however, Glantz revs up the narrative and produces an enthralling account of a battle notable for its magnitude and ferocity as well as its utter unfamiliarity. www.stonebooks.com /archives/990624.shtml

Wachtmeister Albert Stöhr The division remained in positions to the north of Voronezh until the beginning of September when, due to a crisis in the Rzhev salient, it was withdrawn and transferred to Army Group Centre. In March the decision was taken to evacuate the Rzhev salient. Here it remained until the end of July when, due to the Soviet offensive against the Orel bulge, the division was transferred south to 55. home.clara.net /percy/albertstohr.htm

Articles - Siege of Leningrad In January 1944, a Soviet offensive drove off the besieging Germans from the southern outskirts of the city, ending the siege. The siege continued until Operation "Spark" — a full-scale offensive of troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts — started in the morning of January 12, 1943. A second front was opened after the Soviet bombing on www.x-moto.net /articles/Siege_of_Leningrad

Chapter One: The Offensive The German supply lines from Vyazma to Rzhev were finally secure, and a base of operations was acquired for the summer offensive which led to the annihilation of all Russian units holding out in the rear of Ninth Army. The mere thought of starting an offensive with their motley units caused all commanders to raise serious objections which could be fully expressed by one single word: impossible. On the second day of the operation, the high ground ahead was captured under the protection of Flak artillery fire; all counterthrusts were repelled. www.army.mil /CMH/books/wwii/milimprov/ch01.htm

Operation Mars There the Rzhev Salient was reported to have been chosen by Soviet SCCR as the main aim of a new offensive, according to intelligence reports. On the western side of Rzhev Salient, 41st German Panzer Corps together with the 1st Panzer Division and "GrossDeutchland" Motorised Rifle Division as a reserve behind it, was opposed to the 22nd and 41st Soviet Armies. In the center it was an operation having the aim to surround the German 9th Army in the Rzhev Salient using forces of the Kalinin and Western Fronts - Operation "Mars". www.rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com /battles/mars42.htm

Second World War Books: Review On 27 February, when the offensive finally commenced, the Crimean Front consisted of 11 rifle and cavalry divisions, 3 rifle brigades, a mobile group (1 tank brigade, 1 motorcycle, and 1 motorized rifle regiment), and RGK reserve tank and artillery regiments. When the planning was fairly complete, the February offensive [in the Crimea] was a scaled-down version of the initial plan in that it did not require any offensive operations by the Coastal Army in Sevastopol'. The second section focuses on corps, divisions, brigade, regiments, and battalions of the different combat arms. www.stonebooks.com /archives/000120.shtml

Gefreiter Joseph Rest Armee and was withdrawing from the approaches to Moscow towards Rzhev. By early January the division had taken up defensive positions east of Rzhev in an attempt to halt the pursuing Soviets. However, another Soviet offensive had broken through on the left flank of 9. www.percy.clara.net /josephrest.htm

Panzer Campaigns Club Board - This Date in WWII History This offensive is a renewal of attempts to trap the German armies in the area against Sea of Azov (in January). The German springtime offensives begins with the 22nd Panzer Division of the 11th Army attacking the Kerch Peninsula in the Crimea. Rudolf Hess, the deputy leader of the NSDAP and second in line to Goring as heir to Hitler, flies to Britain on a bizarre peace mission. www.wargame.ch /board/hwc/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3816&whichpage=1

TR 3/2004: D. Michaels: Marshal Zhukov: A Career Built on Corpses The marshal was mostly concerned with launching unsuccessful offensives in other sectors of the front, especially in the direction of Sychevka, Rzhev, and Vyazem. Operation Mars, also known as the "Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive" and situated about 400 km west of Moscow, was primarily General Zhukov's responsibility; Operation Uranus, the Stalingrad encirclement, was under the command of General Aleksandr Vasilevsky; and, finally, Operation Saturn was intended to be a drive to Rostov. The reports outlining the offensive deployment procedures to be followed to accomplish a sudden, steamroller attack against Germany similar to that used against the Japanese in Mongolia, were well received. www.vho.org /tr/2004/3/Michaels334-340.html

How Hitler Could Have Won World War II This is nuts...this is exactly how the first and second world wars happened..Both sides were wrong by entering a war...but I believe Hitler was the one to blame mostly...I think he was stupid..but I have heard that he may have even had a tumour in the brain..Which would explain his psycotic ways. June 17, 2003 03:11 AM Britian will always be second to Germany in strength and intellect - ur joking right ur trying to tell me that germany had something over on the british empire, the bigget empire in the world. I would also like to give Russia my compliments to their endless effort in the second world war, they fought regardless whether it was suicide or not. www.scottmanning.com /archives/000445.php

Battlefront.com Discussion Forums: Not enough men are killed in CM The crew had about 5 seconds in total from being hit to get out before the flames were so bad they'd almost certainly die. How many of the German troops were killed outright compared to those who died due to inadequate medical facilities, the fact that this was a winter offensive (death by cold), and that the German attack was made through wilderness (slower access to German medical facilities). Keegan (Six Armies) and Reynolds (Steel Inferno) both say that the actual British tank crew losses during Goodwood were extremely small, for a major offensive involving several divisions, and that despite the fact that they lost a large number of AFVs during that attack. www.battlefront.com /discuss/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=008587

Second Rzhev-Sychevka offensive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This page was last modified 16:42, 22 Mar 2005. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2nd_Rzhev-Sychevka_Offensive

ForValor.com - Major Kalubin "Participating in the offensive battles of the Battalion during the breaking of the strong protecting lines of the enemy's defenses on 6 March 1944 in the region of Luban, he displayed heroism and courage. With the start of the offensive on 7 August 1943, the 42nd attempted a deep penetration along the Moscow-Minsk highway. His final award of the War, a second Order of the Red Star, came on 11 August 1944: www.forvalor.com /s79.htm

arc4303.htm As the jaws of von Manstien’s pincer attack begin to close on the Red Army forces outside Kharkov, Soviet troops take Sychevka between Rzhev and Vyazma. The second attempt was to be made during the luncheon, but Hitler and Field Marshal von Kluge were seated next to one another and the conspiracy leader, Col. Henning von Tresckow feared hitting his commander. Red Army forces occupy Rzhev as the Germans withdraw from the exposed postion. www.bartcop.com /arc4303.htm

[No title] While few readers are familiar with the Red Army’s defensive fighting around Rzhev and Kalinin in October 1941, most know of the army’s more famous Kalinin [Rzhev] offensive of December 1941. Second, since many of these operations failed, they left no major “footprint” in terms of major territorial advance or impact on their opponent that can easily attract one’s attention. For example, the Barbarossa offensive, the Battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and the immense Soviet operations later in the war, such as the Red Army advance to the Dnepr, the Right Bank of the Ukraine operation, and the Belorussian operation. www.tellur.ru /~historia/archive/04-00/glantz.htm

Axis History Factbook: 102. Infanterie-Division Its plan was for the Russian 20th Army to advance in the direction of Sychevka thus cutting off the defenders at Rzhev in their rear. The Russian high command began offensive operations against the 9th Army. January 1942 - encircled south of Lake Volga with XXIII Korps (206th, 253rd & SS Cavalry Brigade Fegelien with the 189th Stug Abt.) as some nine divisions of the Russian 29th & 39th Armies pushed southward towards Rzhev. www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=2195

Articles - Eastern Front (World War II) Kaluga to the south-west of Moscow, it was intended that the two offensives converge on Smolensk, but the Germans rallied and managed to hold them apart, retaining a salient at Rzhev. The Kursk offensive was the last on the scale of 1940 and 1941 the Wehrmacht was able to launch, and subsequent offensives would represent only a shadow of previous German offensive might. Stalin 's suspicions about the intentions of the Western Allies to hand over territory occupied by them in the post war Soviet zone of occupation, the offensive was to be on a broad front and was to move as rapidly as possible to the west, to meet the Western Allies as far west as possible. www.kamero.net /articles/Eastern_Front_(WWII)

ForValor.com - Captain Fedosov From the beginning of the offensive of our units, he supported the infantry with his fire. It was during this campaign that Lieutenant Fedosov was awarded his second award, the Order of the Red Star: The Germans forced incredible opposition, greatly slowing the progress of the Army. www.forvalor.com /s73.htm

Stormfront White Nationalist Community - 35 million WWII deaths due to Hitler?? Stalingrad Offensive (November 1942-February 1943): 485,777 casualties; 2,915 tanks, 3,591 artillery pieces, and 706 planes Budapest Offensive (October 1944-February 1945): 320,082 casualties; 1,766 tanks, 4,127 artillery pieces, and 293 planes Prague Offensive (May 1945): 52,498 casualties; 373 tanks, 1,006 artillery pieces, and 80 planes www.stormfront.org /forum/archive/index.php/t-119381

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