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 sector ⓘ
linked to: Kalinin Front

Velikiye Luki ⓘ
militaryUnit 3rd Shock Army ⓘ
4th Shock Army ⓘ
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 of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
precededBy 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 War ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-German Front
timePeriod early 1943 ⓘ
late 1942 ⓘ

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Andrey Yeremenko → participatedIn → Velikiye Luki offensive ⓘ
Velikiye Luki offensive → precededBy → German occupation of Velikiye Luki ⓘ
linked to: Velikiye Luki offensive
Vasily Yushkevich → militaryConflict → Velikiye Luki offensive ⓘ