Operation Hannover

Operation Hannover
	Part of World War II
Date	April–June 1942
Location	near Vyazma
Result	German victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Walter Model	Pavel Belov
Strength
45,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
2,200	10,500, 20,000 taken prisoner

Operation Hannover or Operation Hanover (sources vary) was a German operation in April–June 1942 aimed at eliminating Soviet partisans, airborne troops and encircling Red Army soldiers near Vyazma (Smolensk Oblast). The operation was a complete success for the Germans.

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^ ^a ^b Martin K. Sorge, The other price of Hitler's war: German military and civilian losses resulting from World War II, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1986, ISBN 0-313-25293-9, Google Print, p. 57.
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