Demyansk Pocket

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Demyansk_Pocket
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military encirclement
gptkbp:casualties German: ~3,335 killed, 10,000 wounded
Soviet: ~11,000 killed, 24,000 wounded
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:endDate April 21, 1942
gptkbp:garrison German 16th Army
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Demyansk Pocket
gptkbp:location near Demyansk, Russia
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Maksim_Purkayev
gptkb:Georg_Lindemann
gptkb:Walther_von_Seydlitz-Kurzbach
gptkb:Andrey_Yeryomenko
gptkbp:notableEvent first major air supply operation in history
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:relatedTo Kholm Pocket
Operation Brückenschlag
gptkbp:result German breakout
gptkbp:significance demonstrated feasibility of air supply for encircled troops
gptkbp:startDate February 8, 1942
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Northwestern_Front
gptkb:Battle_of_Demyansk
gptkb:530th_Rifle_Division
gptkb:734th_Rifle_Division
gptkb:Relief_of_Demyansk_Pocket
gptkb:Northwestern_Front_(Soviet_Union)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7