Winter campaign of 1941–1942
(Redirected from
Winter campaign of 1941–42
)The winter campaign of 1941–1942 from 5 December 1941 to 7 May 1942 was the name given by Soviet military command to the period that marked the commencement of the Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation (better known as the Battle of Moscow). The opening phase of the Red Army strategic counter-offensive operations in the Soviet Union was a major albeit costly Soviet victory.
The campaign began with the
Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation (5 December 1941 – 7 January 1942)[1] with the simultaneous Kerch-Feodosia Amphibious Operation (25 December 1941 – 2 January 1942)[2]
The operations in central and northern European Russia began with the conclusion of the Moscow counter-offensive almost simultaneously with the
Rzhev-Vyazma Strategic Offensive Operation (8 January 1942 – 20 April 1942).[4] (not to be confused with Operation Mars
, which refers to another Soviet operation in the same area, during November and December 1942).
The campaign concluded with the
Crimean Offensive Operation (27 January 1942 – 15 April 1942) and the Bolkhov Offensive
Operation (24 March 1942 – 3 April 1942).
Notes
References
- Erickson, John (2003). The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin's war with Germany. Volume One. London: Cassell Military Paperbacks. ISBN 0-304-36541-6.
- ISBN 978-0-374-71425-3.