Winter Campaign of 1941 - 1942
- Winter Campaign of 1941 - 1942
The Winter Campaign of 1941 - 1942 from 5 December 1941 to 30 April 1942 was the name given by Soviet military command to the period that marked the commencement of the Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation (also known as the Battle of Moscow) as the opening phase of the Red Army strategic counter-offensive operations in USSR, and first strategic setbacks on land for the Nazi plans of European domination.
The campaign begun with the Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation (5 December 1941 - 7 January 1942) [p.249, Erickson] with the the simultaneous Kerch-Feodosia Amphibious Operation (25 December 1941 - 2 January 1942) [p.288-291, Erickson] conducted to draw Wehrmacht's attention from preparations for other offensives being prepared in Russia.
The operations in central and northern European Russia begun with the conclusion of the Moscow counter-offensive almost simultaneously as the Oboyan-Kursk Offensive Operation (3 January 1942 - 26 January 1942), the Lyuban Offensive Operation (7 January 1942 - 30 April 1942), the Demyansk Offensive Operation [p.305, Erickson; first phase (1942)] (7 January 1942 - 20 May 1942), the Orel-Bolkhov Offensive Operation (8 January 1942 - 28 April 1942), and the Rzhev-Vyazma Strategic Offensive Operation (8 January 1942 - 20 April 1942) also known as Operation Mars. [p.297, Erickson]
The campaign concluded with the Barvenkovo-Lozovaya Offensive Operation (18 January 1942 - 31 January 1942), a renewed attempt to retake Crimea during the Crimean Offensive Operation (27 January 1942 - 15 April 1942) and the Bolkhov Offensive Operation (24 March 1942 - 3 April 1942).
Citations and notes
References
* Erickson, John, "The road to Stalingrad:Stalin's war with Germany", Volume One, Cassell Military Paperbacks, London, 2003
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