Vyazma airborne operation

Vyazma Airborne Operation
	Part of Battles of Rzhev
Date	18 January – 28 February 1942
Location	Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR
Result	Soviet defeat
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Fedor von Bock	Ivan Zatevakhin
Units involved
4th Panzer Army	4th Airborne Corps; other airborne forces units; 7,373 parachutists; 1,524 bales with ammunition and equipment;

The Vyazma Airborne Operation was a Red Army airborne landing in the rear of German lines during the Battles of Rzhev. It took place from 18 January to 28 February 1942.^[1] The objective of the airborne landing was to help troops of the Kalinin Front and Western Front to encircle and destroy Army Group Centre. The airborne operation was unsuccessful and resulted in the loss of most of the troops landed.^[2]

^ "История Ржевской битвы 1941–1943 гг". rshew-42.narod.ru. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ Glantz, David M. (1 January 1994). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201.

[1] "История Ржевской битвы 1941–1943 гг". rshew-42.narod.ru. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[:1-2] Glantz, David M. (1 January 1994). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201.

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