Battles of Spadshchansky forest

Battles of Spadshchansky Forest
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II and German anti-partisan operations

Partisan dugout in Spadshchansky Forest
Date19 October – November 1941
Location
Spadshchansky Forest, near Putyvl, Sumy Oblast, German-occupied Europe
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Soviet Union  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Sidor Kovpak
Semyon Rudnev
Unknown
Units involved

Ukrainian partisans

  • Putyvl partisans
Wehrmacht Security
Strength
October:
57
November:
73
1 tank
October 19:
5 tanks
November:
3,000+
Casualties and losses
October 19:
None
November:
3 killed
October 19:
10+ killed
2 tanks destroyed
3 tanks captured
November:
200+ killed

The Battles of Spadshchansky Forest took place during German punitive expeditions into the forest in order to liquate Soviet partisan holdout, on 19 October – November 1941.