What the records say
- When
- 7 Jan 1942 – 25 May 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 57.65° N, 32.47° E
- Description
- military operation from 8 February – 20 May 1942
- War
- World War II
Demyansk Pocket
1942 battle of WW2's Eastern Front
The Demyansk Pocket was the name given to the pocket of German troops encircled by the Red Army around Demyansk, south of Leningrad, on World War II's Eastern Front. The pocket existed mainly from 8 February to 21 April 1942.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Rote Armee schließt den Kessel um Demjansk”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les troupes allemandes sont encerclées par les Soviétiques dans la poche de Demiansk”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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