Velikiye Luki offensive

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The Velikiye Luki offensive was a major Soviet World War II operation in late 1942–early 1943 aimed at encircling and recapturing the strategically important city of Velikiye Luki from German forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Battle of Velikiye Luki
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
casualties heavy casualties on both sides
combatType combined arms operation
commander Ivan Maslennikov
Vasily Yushkevich
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
endTime 1943-01-17
followedBy Soviet consolidation of positions near Velikiye Luki
front Kalinin Front
frontlineChange local Soviet advance in the Velikiye Luki sector
involves armored units
artillery
engineer units
infantry
location Kalinin Front
surface form: Kalinin Front sector

Velikiye Luki
militaryUnit 3rd Shock Army
4th Shock Army
Gebirgsjäger division
surface form: German 3rd Mountain Division

German 83rd Infantry Division
objective encirclement of German garrison in Velikiye Luki
recapture of Velikiye Luki
opposingCommander Kurt von der Chevallerie
Theodor Scherer
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
precededBy Velikiye Luki offensive self-linksurface differs
surface form: German occupation of Velikiye Luki
result Soviet victory
destruction of German garrison in Velikiye Luki
recapture of Velikiye Luki by the Red Army
significance improved Soviet rail communications in the region
weakened German hold on the Rzhev salient
startTime 1942-11-24
strategicImportance control of key rail junction
threat to German positions around Rzhev and Smolensk
tactic encirclement
siege
urban warfare
territorialChange Velikiye Luki transferred from German to Soviet control
theatreOfWar Soviet-German Front
surface form: Soviet–German War
timePeriod early 1943
late 1942

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Andrey Yeremenko participatedIn Velikiye Luki offensive
Velikiye Luki offensive precededBy Velikiye Luki offensive self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: German occupation of Velikiye Luki