battle, notable, interwar and Second World War

Tikhvin offensive

Name: Tikhvin offensive
Start: 1941-11-10
Location: Tikhvin, Soviet Union

Tikhvin offensive was a battle fought on 10 November 1941 at Tikhvin, in what is now Soviet Union; it lasted 50 days. It was part of Battle for Leningrad, which ran from 1941 to 1944. The recorded result: Soviet victory. Recorded strength: 100,000 men in the operation around Volkhov; 80,000 in the defense around Leningrad against 300,000 men in all sectors involved.

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Fought10 November 1941lasted 50 days

WhereTikhvin, Soviet Union59.644N, 33.511E

OutcomeSoviet victory

BelligerentsNazi GermanyagainstSoviet Union

Casualties and losses45,000 casualtiesand190,000 casualties (of which 80,000 are dead, imprisoned or missing)

Part ofBattle for Leningrad1941 to 1944

Record

Date	10 November 1941 to 30 December 1941
Place	Tikhvin, Soviet Union 59.644N, 33.511E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	100,000 men in the operation around Volkhov; 80,000 in the defense around Leningrad	300,000 men in all sectors involved
Casualties and losses	45,000 casualties	190,000 casualties (of which 80,000 are dead, imprisoned or missing)
Commanders	Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Georg von Küchler Ernst Busch (field marshal)	Vsevolod Yakovlev Kirill Meretskov Nikolai Klykov Mikhail Khozin Ivan Fedyuninsky

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Tikhvin 1613, 1.3 km SW
Battle of Petrograd 1919, 108 km NW
Sinyavino Offensive 1942, 139 km W
Operation Spark 1943, 140 km W
Siege of Oreshek 1611, 142 km W

In the same war

After: Sinyavino Offensive 19 August 1942

Elsewhere in 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
Battle of Crete Greece
Battle of Kiev Ukraine

Tikhvin offensive is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 32 in present-day Soviet Union.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1657889, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Tikhvin Offensive, revision 1370750875, 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.