Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942
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The Battle of Rzhev in the summer of 1942 was part of a series of battles that lasted 15 months in the center of the Eastern Front. It is known in Soviet history of World War II as the first Rzhev–Syc
Red Army artillery being redeployed through the mud, October 1942
The formation of the Rzhev Salient, January 1942
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
Ivan Konev
Walter Model
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Otto Moritz Walter Model was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner
Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942
…against Army Group Center that would push them away from Moscow. The attack would fall upon one of their main opponents of the winter battles, General Walter Model's 9th Army, which occupied the majority of the Rzhev salient. The high losses and few gains made during the two-month struggle left a lasting impression…
Model, c. 1942/43
Model (centre) on the Eastern Front, July 1941
Model with the overall commander of the 2nd Panzer Army and his direct superior, Heinz Guderian, in 1941
German armoured vehicles during Operation Citadel, summer 1943