location of the main attack. In September 1942 the Soviet forces were attacking south of the town of Siniavino, which allowed them to potentially encircle...
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The Mga offensive or Third Battle of Lake Ladoga (German: Dritte Ladoga-Schlacht) or fifth Sinyavino offensive was an unsuccessful offensive operation...
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Battle of Krasny Bor (redirect from Krasnoborsko-Smerdynskaya offensive)
point at Siniavino were still controlled by the Germans. This led Georgy Zhukov, the Soviet commander, to plan a much more ambitious offensive operation...
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Siege of Leningrad (category Conflicts in 1942)
impressive - perhaps one of the best of the war by any army. On the 50m-high Siniavino Heights, German troops held off about 250,000 Soviet troops for 384 days...
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64th Guards Rifle Division (section Karelian Offensive)
recognition of that division's distinguished combat record in the Second Siniavino Offensive and Operation Iskra. It was one of a relatively small number of formations...
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the division for the rest of its 1st formation. During the Third Siniavino Offensive, which began on August 19, the division was employed on a secondary...
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brief action on an active front near the end of the Third Siniavino Offensive. In August 1942, the 8th and 2nd Shock Armies of Volkhov Front had partially...
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reinforcements. The offensive collapsed in sheer exhaustion and ended on the 14th. The 364th was also involved in the sixth Siniavino offensive which finally...
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which he led until the end of the war. Towards the end of the Fifth Siniavino Offensive in August the 311th and the 503rd Separate Tank Battalion were the...
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the Third Siniavino Offensive operation in August the 23rd was part of 4th Guards Rifle Corps, still in 2nd Shock Army. When the offensive began the 8th...
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