The Soviet Army's Yelnya Offensive (August 30, 1941- September 8, 1941) was part of the Battle of Smolensk during the Great Patriotic War. This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The eastern front at the time of the Battle of Smolensk. ... The Eastern Front of World War II was the theatre of war covering the conflict in eastern Europe. ...
The offensive was against the semi-circular Yelnya salient which the Germans had extended 50km East of Smolensk forming a launching place for an attack on Moscow. On August 26Stavka ordered the 24th Army (commander: Major General Konstantin Rakutin) to start an offensive on August 30 against the salient. On September 3, under the threat of the encirclement the Germans started retreating from the salient while maintaining resistance on the flanks. On September 6 Yelnya was retaken. The Soviet offensive continued until September 8, when it was stopped at the new German defense line. In military terms, a salient is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. ... A view of Smolensk in 1912 Smolensk (Russian: СмоленÑк;, Belarusian: СмаленÑк) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dniepr river at 54. ... Moscow (Russian: МоÑкваÌ, IPA: listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Stavka is an abbreviation for Shtab vierhovnogo komandovania, or General Headquarters of armed forces in late Imperial Russia and in the Soviet Union. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ...
This was the most substantial reverse that the Wehrmacht had suffered up to that date and the first successful planned Soviet offensive operation in the Soviet-German war. German losses in the operation were 45,000 killed, wounded or captured. Wehrmacht listen? was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ...
The Yelnya Offensive is also associated with the creation of the elite Soviet Guards units. Soviet Guards (Советская Гвардия in Russian, or Sovetskaya Gvardiya), units and formations of the Soviet Army, which distinguished themselves in combat during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. ...
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Voyenno-Istorichesky Zhurnal (Military History Journal), # 10, October 1986.
The Soviet Army 's YelnyaOffensive ( August 30, 1941 - September 8, 1941) was part of the Battle of Smolensk during the Great Patriotic War.
The offensive was against the semi-circular Yelnya salient which the Germans had extended 50km East of Smolensk forming a launching place for an attack on Moscow.
The YelnyaOffensive is also associated with the creation of the elite Soviet Guards units.
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