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Battle of Demyansk (1943)

Battle of Demyansk
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
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Positions in the Battle of Demyansk
Date 15–28 February 1943
Location Demyansk, Novgorod Oblast, near present-day St. Petersburg, Russia
Result Soviet tactical victory
Territorial
changes
Demyansk salient eliminated
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders

Nazi Germany Georg von Küchler

Nazi Germany Ernst Busch

Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov
Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko

Soviet Union Mikhail Khozin
Units involved
16th Army

Northwestern Front
Mikhail Khozin Special Group

Total: 327,000
Casualties and losses
6,916 killed, wounded and missing 33,663 killed, wounded and missing

Nazi Germany Georg von Küchler

Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov
Soviet Union 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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