Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - O le vaega muamua o le Soviet na faia e le Kalinin ma le Western Front na aofia ai le 22nd, 29th, 30th, 31st, 39th o le muamua, ma le 1st Shock, 5th, 10th, 16th, 20th, 33rd, 43rd, 49th, ma le 50th armies ma tolu vaega o fitafita solofanua mo le mulimuli. O le faamoemoe o le autau 22nd, 29th Army ma le 39th Army na lagolagoina e le 11th Cavalry Corps e osofaʻia le itu i sisifo o Rzhev, ma ulufale loloto i le itu i sisifo o le Army Group Center's 9th Army. Na taunuu lenei mea iā Ianuari, ma i le faaiʻuga o le masina na maua ai le vaega o fitafita tiʻetiʻe solofanua i le 110 km i le loloto o le itu a Siamani. Ina ia aveesea lenei taufaamataʻu i tua o le Army Group Center's 9th Army, na amataina e le au Siamani le Operation Seydlitz i le aso 2 o Iulai. Peitaʻi, ona o le laufanua o le laueleele, na faigatā ai le auala e maua ai meaʻai a fitafita o le Soviet 22nd Army, 29th Army ma le 39th Army, lea na taumafai e faalautele le auala, ma na siʻomia ai i latou. O le vavaeeseina o se auala tele i Rzhev e fitafita tiʻetiʻe solofanua na faailogaina ai le amataga o le osofaʻiga a Toropets<unk>Kholm
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