Operation Mars

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World War II military operation military offensive

Operation Mars was a major Soviet offensive launched in November 1942 against Germany’s Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front during World War II.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military operation → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	Second Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation →
belligerent	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
casualties	heavy Soviet casualties →
category	1942 in the Soviet Union → Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War → Military operations of World War II involving Germany → Military operations of World War II involving the Soviet Union →
commander	Georgy Zhukov →
conflict	World War II →
country	Soviet Union →
endDate	1942-12-20 →
followedBy	Operation Büffel NERFINISHED →
forceInvolved	German Ninth Army → Soviet Kalinin Front → Soviet Western Front →
front	Eastern Front →
frontline	Army Group Centre sector →
historicalAssessment	considered a costly Soviet failure by many historians →
location	Kalinin Front sector → Rzhev salient → Western Front sector → near Rzhev →
notableFor	being overshadowed by Operation Uranus at Stalingrad →
objective	to destroy German forces in the Rzhev salient → to encircle German Ninth Army →
opponent	Army Group Centre NERFINISHED →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED →
planner	Soviet Stavka →
precededBy	First Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation →
relatedOperation	Battle of Stalingrad → Operation Uranus →
result	German defensive victory →
scale	major offensive →
startDate	1942-11-25 →
status	failed offensive →
target	German Army Group Centre NERFINISHED →
theater	European theatre of World War II →
timePeriod	December 1942 → November 1942 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
9th Army → Soviet Western Front →	engagedIn
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations →	hasPart
Army Group Centre →	tookPartIn