battle, notable, interwar and Second World War
Sinyavino Offensive
Sinyavino Offensive was a battle fought on 19 August 1942 in what is now Russia; it lasted 52 days. It was part of Battle for Leningrad, which ran from 1941 to 1944. The recorded result: Soviet offensive defeated, German offensive cancelled. Recorded strength: 18th Army; Reinforcements: 11th Army against 2nd Shock Army; 8th Army; Elements of Leningrad Front; Total 190,000 men.
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Record
| Date | 19 August 1942 to 10 October 1942 | |
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| Place | Russia 59.907N, 31.084E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 18th Army; Reinforcements: 11th Army | 2nd Shock Army; 8th Army; Elements of Leningrad Front; Total 190,000 men |
| Casualties and losses | Total 26,000; 5,893 dead | Total 113,674; 28,085 dead and missing; 12,000 captured; 73,589 wounded and sick |
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Nearest engagements
- Operation Spark 1943, 1.2 km SW
- Siege of Nöteborg 1702, 5.5 km NW
- Siege of Nöteborg 1656, 5.7 km NW
- Siege of Oreshek 1611, 5.7 km NW
- Battle of the Neva 1240, 29 km W
Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1611 and 1943.
In the same war
- Before: Tikhvin offensive 10 November 1941
Elsewhere in 1942
- Battle of Stalingrad Russia
- Battle of Midway United States
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Second Battle of El Alamein Egypt
- First Battle of El Alamein Egypt
Sinyavino Offensive 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 Q478881, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Sinyavino offensive (1942), revision 1370747235, 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.