Battles of Spadshchansky forest
| Battles of Spadshchansky Forest | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War II and German anti-partisan operations | |||||||
Partisan dugout in Spadshchansky Forest | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Soviet Union | Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sidor Kovpak Semyon Rudnev | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Wehrmacht Security | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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October: 57 November: 73 1 tank |
October 19: 5 tanks November: 3,000+ | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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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.