Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations

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The Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations were a series of large-scale Soviet offensives in 1942–1943 aimed at pushing back German forces from the Rzhev salient west of Moscow during the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
strategic offensive
alsoKnownAs Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
surface form: Battles of Rzhev

Rzhev meat grinder
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
campaignGoal threaten German positions around Moscow
wear down German Army Group Centre
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
endTime 1943
front Kalinin Front
Western Front (Red Army)
hasPart Operation Mars
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive of August 1942

Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive of January 1942

Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive of March 1943
involvedUnit Army Group Centre
Soviet Kalinin Front armies
Western Front (Red Army)
surface form: Soviet Western Front armies
location Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rzhev salient

west of Moscow
mainAdversary Army Group Centre
surface form: Army Group Centre of Nazi Germany
near Rzhev
Vyazma
notableFor very high casualties
objective improve Soviet strategic position west of Moscow
push back German forces from the Rzhev salient
reduce the Rzhev salient
opponentCommander Günther von Kluge
surface form: Field Marshal Günther von Kluge

Walter Model
surface form: Field Marshal Walter Model
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
region Kalinin Oblast
Smolensk Oblast
result German tactical defensive success in several offensives
eventual German withdrawal from the Rzhev salient
side Soviet offensives against German defenses
startTime 1942
strategicContext followed the Battle of Moscow
preceded the Battle of Kursk
theater Central sector of the Eastern Front
timePeriod 1942–1943
typeOfAction offensive operations

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Battle of Moscow followedBy Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
Army Group Centre tookPartIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev battles
World War II battles hasNotableBattle Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Battle of Rzhev
9th Army (Wehrmacht) notableEngagement Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev battles
9th Army (Wehrmacht) engagedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
Red Army Kalinin Front notableOperation Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma sector fighting
Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) engagedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations
Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation followedBy Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma Strategic Offensive Operation
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations location Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rzhev salient
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations hasPart Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive of January 1942
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations hasPart Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive of August 1942
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations hasPart Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive of March 1943
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations alsoKnownAs Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Battles of Rzhev
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 relatedOperation Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma offensive
3rd Panzer Army engagement Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev battles
9th Army engagedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
9th Army engagedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Battles of Rzhev
Operation Mars alsoKnownAs Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Second Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation
Operation Mars precededBy Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: First Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation
Kalinin Front engagedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive operations
Kalinin Front engagedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: First Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation
Kalinin Front engagedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Second Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation
Ninth Army notableEngagement Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev battles
43rd Army participatedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations
39th Army notableOperation Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations
Rzhev hasHistoricSignificance Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev Battles
Rzhev hasHistoricSignificance Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev-Vyazma strategic offensive operations
Western Front (Red Army) engagedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations
Rzhev meat grinder alsoKnownAs Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev battles
16th Army participatedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations
30th Army participatedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive operations
30th Army tookPartIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Soviet operations in the Rzhev salient
29th Army participatedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
29th Army participatedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev battles
33rd Army engagement Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations
49th Army participatedIn Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
this entity surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations