Battle of Krasny Bor

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The Battle of Krasny Bor was a brutal World War II Eastern Front engagement near Leningrad in February 1943, where Spanish Blue Division volunteers fighting for Germany suffered heavy casualties while resisting a major Soviet offensive.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Krasny Bor canonical	1
Battle of Nevel	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Batalla de Krasny Bor NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Germany ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	heavy Spanish casualties ⓘ significant Soviet casualties ⓘ
combatant	250th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) NERFINISHED ⓘ 54th Army (Soviet Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ 55th Army (Soviet Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Spanish State NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	February 1943 ⓘ
endDate	1943-02-13 ⓘ
followedBy	continued Soviet offensives around Leningrad ⓘ
front	Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ
involves	Spanish volunteers in German service ⓘ
locatedIn	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish volunteer forces attached to Wehrmacht ⓘ Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	heavy casualties among Spanish Blue Division volunteers ⓘ intense infantry and artillery combat in winter conditions ⓘ
objective	Soviet attempt to break German lines south of Leningrad ⓘ support lifting of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
opponentStrength	Soviet numerical superiority ⓘ
partOf	Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet offensive to break the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
place	Krasny Bor NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	earlier phases of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
result	strategic Soviet advance limited but not stopped ⓘ tactical German–Spanish defensive success ⓘ
side	Axis defensive action ⓘ Soviet offensive action ⓘ
startDate	1943-02-10 ⓘ
theater	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
weather	harsh winter conditions ⓘ
year	1943 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Blue Division → notableBattle → Battle of Krasny Bor ⓘ

Luftwaffe field divisions → notableEngagement → Battle of Krasny Bor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Nevel