Battle of Tikhvin

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The Battle of Tikhvin was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1941 in which Soviet forces halted and pushed back a German offensive threatening to cut off Leningrad.

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Battle of Smolensk 1
Battle of Tikhvin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
battle
aimOfGermanForces cut remaining land connections to Leningrad
aimOfSovietForces defend Tikhvin and restore communications with Leningrad
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
commander Erich Hoepner
Georg von Küchler
Georgy Zhukov
Kirill Meretskov
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
date 1941
endDate 1941-12-09
followedBy stabilization of the front east of Leningrad
front Leningrad Front (Soviet Union)
surface form: Leningrad Front

Soviet Volkhov Front
surface form: Volkhov Front
historicalPeriod 1941 in the Soviet Union
involvedUnit German 4th Panzer Army
surface form: 4th Panzer Group

German 16th Army
German 18th Army
Soviet 4th Army
Soviet 52nd Army
Soviet 54th Army
location Leningrad Oblast
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
Tikhvin
militaryTheater Northern Front (Soviet Union)
surface form: Northern sector of the Eastern Front
notableFeature heavy use of armored and motorized units by Germany
intense fighting over rail and road junctions
significant Soviet counteroffensive
operation Tikhvin Defensive Operation
surface form: Tikhvin defensive operation

Tikhvin Defensive Operation
surface form: Tikhvin offensive operation
opponent Red Army
Wehrmacht
outcome German forces pushed back from Tikhvin
German offensive halted
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
precededBy German advance towards Tikhvin in October 1941
relatedTo Siege of Leningrad
Tikhvin Defensive Operation
surface form: Tikhvin offensive operation
result Soviet victory
startDate 1941-10-16
strategicImportance helped maintain land communications with Leningrad via Lake Ladoga
prevented German encirclement of Leningrad from the east
weatherConditions harsh autumn and early winter conditions

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Army Group North notableBattle Battle of Tikhvin
World War II battles hasNotableBattle Battle of Tikhvin
this entity surface form: Battle of Smolensk