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The Battles of Rzhev (Russian: Ржевская битва, romanized: Rzhevskaya bitva) were a series of Red Army offensives against the Wehrmacht between 8 January 1942 and 31 March 1943, on the Eastern Front of World War II.
Rzhev (Russian: Ржев, IPA: [ˈrʐɛf]) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located 49 kilometers (30 mi) southwest of Staritsa and 126 kilometers (78 mi) from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga. It is the uppermost town situated on the Volga River.
The Battle of Rzhev in the summer of 1942 was part of a series of battles that lasted 15 months in the center of the Eastern Front. It is known in Soviet history of World War II as the first Rzhev–Sychyovka offensive operation, which was defined as spanning from 30 July to 23 August 1942.
- 30 July-1 October 1942
- German victory
- Tver Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
The Battle of Rzhev, a small town near Moscow, was one of the bloodiest and most costly battles in World War II. It involved several failed Soviet offensives to destroy the German bridgehead that threatened the capital, while diverting German forces from Stalingrad.
Dec 5, 2019 · Rzhev is a 2019 film about the bloody battles near the town of Rzhev in 1942/1943, known as 'Rzhev Meat Grinder'. The film follows the company commander and his soldiers who face a difficult choice between following a meaningless order and withdrawing from the enemy fire.
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- Drama, History, War
- Igor Kopylov
- 2019-12-05
Rzhev, city, Tver oblast (region), northwestern Russia. It lies along the upper Volga River at the crossing of the Moscow-Riga and St. Petersburg–Bryansk trunk railways. First mentioned in 1216 as an independent princedom, Rzhev has always been a route centre on the western approaches to Moscow.
Learn how the 2nd SS Division Das Reich fought a desperate rearguard action against the Red Army at Rzhev in December 1941. The article describes the brutal winter conditions, the Soviet offensive, and the SS sacrifice in detail.
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