battle, notable, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Rzhev

Name: Battle of Rzhev
Location: Tver Oblast, Russia

Battle of Rzhev was a battle fought in 1942 at Tver Oblast, in what is now Russia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Tver Oblast. It was part of Q261776. The recorded result: German victory.

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Fought1942

WhereTver Oblast, Russia57.150N, 34.600E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeGerman victory

BelligerentsNazi GermanyagainstSoviet Union

Casualties and losses70,000 + (see §7)and300,000 + (see §7)

Part ofQ261776

Where it sits in Q261776

3 placed engagements of Q261776 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1942 (year precision) to 1942
Place	Tver Oblast, Russia 57.150N, 34.600E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	As of 10 August 1942: Men: 352,867 in total (Ration Strength); Tanks (initially): 321	As of 30 July 1942: Men: 486,000; Tanks: 1,715; Aircraft: 1,100; As of 5 September 1942: Men: 334,808; Tanks: 412; Guns: 2,947
Casualties and losses	70,000 + (see §7)	300,000 + (see §7)
Commanders	Adolf Hitler Walter Model Heinrich von Vietinghoff	Joseph Stalin Georgy Zhukov Ivan Konev

Placed at Tver Oblast; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Bortenevo 1317, 97 km SE
Second Battle of Tver 1609, 130 km S
Demyansk Pocket 1942, 139 km NW
Siege of Volokolamsk 1370, 149 km SE
Siege of Volokolamsk 1612, 149 km SE

In the same war

Before: Operation Seydlitz 1942
After: Battle for Velikiye Luki 1942

Elsewhere in 1942

Battle of Rzhev is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4348879, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942, revision 1381082268, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.