campaign, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Demyansk
Battle of Demyansk was a campaign fought in 1943 at Demyansk, in what is now Russia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Demyansk. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Soviet victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1943 (year precision) to 1943 | |
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| Place | Demyansk, Russia 57.650N, 32.467E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Territorial change | Demyansk salient eliminated | |
| Casualties and losses | 1,718 killed or missing; 5,198 wounded; Total: 6,916 | 10,016 killed or missing; 23,647 wounded; Total: 33,663 |
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Nearest engagements
- Demyansk Pocket 1942, same recorded site
- Kholm Pocket 1942, 95 km SW
- Toropets–Kholm Offensive 1942, 95 km SW
- Battle of Shelon 1471, 118 km NW
- Capture of Novgorod 1611, 119 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Sidi Bou Zid 14 February 1943
- After: Third Battle of Kharkov 19 February 1943
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1943
Battle of Demyansk is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 425 in present-day Russia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4157829, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Demyansk Offensive (1943), revision 1370615474, read 2026-11-15, 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.