Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko nga ope Soviet tuatahi i mahia e te Kalinin me te Western Front ko te 22nd, 29th, 30th, 31st, 39th o mua, me te 1st Shock, 5th, 10th, 16th, 20th, 33rd, 43rd, 49th, me te 50th ope taua me nga roopu hoia e toru mo te whakamutunga. Ko te hiahia ko te 22nd Army, 29th Army me te 39th Army i tautokohia e te 11th Cavalry Corps ki te whakaeke ki te Hauauru o Rzhev, ka uru atu ki te taha hauauru o te ope taua o te ope taua o te ope taua 9. I tutuki tenei i te marama o Hanuere, ana i te mutunga o te marama ka kitea e te ope hoia hoia 110 km te hohonu o te taha Tiamana. Hei whakakore i tenei whakawehi ki muri o te ope taua 9 o te Army Group Center, i tiimata nga Tiamana ki te Operation Seydlitz i te 2 o Hurae. Heoi, na te ahuatanga o te whenua i uaua ai te huarahi tuku o nga hoia o te Soviet 22nd Army, 29th Army me te 39th Army i ngana ki te whakarahi i te urunga, a ka karapotia. Ko te tapahi o te rori nui ki Rzhev e te hoia eke hoiho i tohu i te timatanga o te
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