| Demyansk Offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Demyansk_1943.jpg) Positions in the Battle of Demyansk | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Germany |
 Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Georg von Küchler Ernst Busch |
Georgy Zhukov Semyon Timoshenko Mikhail Khozin | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 16th Army |
Northwestern Front Mikhail Khozin Special Group Total: 327,000[1] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1,718 killed or missing 5,198 wounded Total: 6,916[2] |
10,016 killed or missing 23,647 wounded Total: 33,663[2] | ||||||||
The Demyansk Offensive Operation was part of the Soviet strategic offensive known as Operation Polar Star against Axis forces. The operation 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.[3][4]
As a result of the Demyansk Offensive, the Northwestern Front eliminated the Demyansk salient, but the original plan of envelopment failed.
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