Battle of Demyansk (1943)
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||||
 Positions in the Battle of Demyansk |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Germany
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 Soviet Union
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Ernst Busch
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 Mikhail Khozin
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| 16th Army |
Northwestern Front |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 6,916 killed, wounded and missing | 33,663 killed, wounded and missing | ||||||||
Georgy Zhukov Semyon Timoshenko
Northwestern Front
Mikhail Khozin Special Group
The Battle of Demyansk was part of the Soviet offensive Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda (Operation Polar Star) against Axis forces which took place in Demyansk from 15 to 28 February 1943. The Northwestern Front and Mikhail Khozin Special Group engaged the 16th Army of Army Group North in an operation for control of Demyansk and to destroy Axis forces in the region.
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