. "20pxGermany" . "The Soviet Army's Yelnya Offensive operation (August 30 \u2013 September 8, 1941) was part of the Battle of Smolensk during the initial period of the German-Soviet War.The offensive was against the semi-circular Yelnya salient which the German 4th Army had extended 50 km south-east of Smolensk forming a staging area for a continued offensive towards Vyazma and eventually Moscow."@en . "unknown" . "1941-09-08Z"^^ . . "heavy" . "Yelnya Offensive"@en . . . "Pyrrhic Soviet victory" . . "103,200" . . . . "20pxSoviet Union" . .