Operation Mars, also known as Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive Operation (Russian: Вторая Ржевско-Сычёвская наступательная операция), was the codename for an offensive launched by Soviet forces against German forces during World War II. It took place between 25 November and 20 December 1942 around the Rzhev salient in the vicinity of Moscow.The offensive was a joint operation of the Soviet Western Front and Kalinin Front coordinated by Georgy Zhukov.
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| - Operation Mars, also known as Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive Operation (Russian: Вторая Ржевско-Сычёвская наступательная операция), was the codename for an offensive launched by Soviet forces against German forces during World War II. It took place between 25 November and 20 December 1942 around the Rzhev salient in the vicinity of Moscow.The offensive was a joint operation of the Soviet Western Front and Kalinin Front coordinated by Georgy Zhukov.
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- 1,600 tanks
- 100,000 killed
- 145,301 sanitary
- 235,000 wounded
- 70,373 irrecoverable
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| - German victory
- Soviet operational failure
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| - 1,615 tanks
- 1,718 tanks
- 702,923 personnel,
- 3 combined corps (with 13 infantry divisions and 2 paratrooper divisions)
- Total forces:
- 2 panzer corps (5 panzer divisions, 3 motorized divisions)
- ~ 350,000 troops.
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