Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto ekutanga eSoviet akaitwa neKalinin neWestern Front aisanganisira yechi22, yechi29, yechi30, yechi31, yechi39, yeyekutanga, uye ye1st Shock, yechi5, yechi10, yechi16, yechi20, yechi33, yechi43, yechi49, uye yechi50 mauto uye mauto matatu emabhiza ekupedzisira. Chinangwa chaiva chokuti 22nd Army, 29th Army uye 39th Armies inotsigirwa ne11th Cavalry Corps kuti irwise West of Rzhev, uye inopinda yakadzika kumadokero kwepfudzi re9th Army yeArmy Group Centre. Izvi zvakaitwa muna Ndira, uye pakupera kwemwedzi uyu mauto ehondo akazviwana ari makiromita 110 pasi pemapapiro eGermany. Kuti abvise kutyisidzira uku kumashure kwe9th Army yeArmy Group Center, maGerman akatanga Operation Seydlitz na2 Chikunguru. Zvisinei, nemhaka yemamiriro ezvinhu enzvimbo yacho nzira yekugovera mauto eSoviet 22nd Army, 29th Army uye 39th Mauto ayo akaedza kuwedzera kupinda kwakava kwakaoma, uye vakakomberedzwa. Kuchekwa kwemugwagwa mukuru unoenda kuRzhev neuto revarwi vakatasva mabhiza kwakaratidza kutanga kwekurwisa kweToropets<unk>Kholm
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