Toropets–Kholm offensive
| Toropets-Kholm offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
World War II Eastern Front during the 1942 winter counter-offensive | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Germany | Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ernst Busch | Pavel Kurochkin | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 122,100 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 12,000 killed (Soviet estimate) |
10,400 killed or missing 18,810 wounded Total: 29,200 | ||||||
The Toropets–Kholm offensive was a military operation conducted south of Lake Ilmen by the Red Army during World War II, from 9 January–6 February 1942. The operation contributed to the formation of the Kholm Pocket and the encirclement of the Wehrmacht's II Army Corps in the Demyansk Pocket.