Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I te marama o Noema i tukuna te ope ki Kalinin Front, ka whakakaha i te ope taua tuatoru i tana whakaeke ki te Tiamana Tuatoru Panzer Army i roto me nga taha o te taone nui o Velikiye Luki. Ko tana pakanga tuatahi he nui te utu, ahakoa te whiwhi i te 162nd Machinegun Battalion me te roopu whakangungu hei whakakapi i te marama o Tihema, i te mutunga o te pakanga i te Hui-tanguru 1, 1943, ko te 249th i te 50% o te kaha, me te 4,213 o nga rangatira me nga tangata. I noho tonu te wehenga me ona roopu i raro i te whakahau a te Rohe (i te Oketopa i riro a Kalinin Front hei 2 Baltic Front) mo te toenga o te tau, i whakaeke tahi me te 4th Shock Army ki Vitebsk i te Pakanga o Nevel
i te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi me Tihema.