Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation

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The Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation was a Soviet Red Army attack in December 1941 aimed at driving German forces away from Moscow by recapturing the towns of Klin and Solnechnogorsk.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
aim to encircle and defeat German forces north-west of Moscow
alsoKnownAs Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation
surface form: Klin–Solnechnogorsk operation
belligerent Germany
Soviet Union
campaign Moscow campaign
combatant Red Army
Wehrmacht
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
country Soviet Union
dateEnd 1941-12-25
dateStart 1941-12-06
followedBy further Soviet winter offensives west of Moscow
front Kalinin Front
surface form: Kalinin Front (Soviet)

Western Front (Red Army)
surface form: Western Front (Soviet)
historicalEra World War II
involves air support
armored units
infantry formations
location Klin
Moscow Oblast NERFINISHED
Solnechnogorsk
near Moscow
militaryBranch Soviet Ground Forces
month December
objective push German forces away from Moscow
recapture Klin
recapture Solnechnogorsk
opponent Nazi Germany
opposedBy Operation Barbarossa (Central sector)
surface form: German Army Group Centre defenses north-west of Moscow
opposingUnit 3rd Panzer Group
Army Group Centre
partOf Battle of Moscow
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
surface form: Moscow strategic offensive operation (1941–1942)
precededBy German offensive towards Moscow (Operation Typhoon)
result German forces driven back from Moscow approaches in this sector
Soviet victory
liberation of Klin
liberation of Solnechnogorsk
side Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
surface form: Soviet counteroffensive phase of the Battle of Moscow
strategicSignificance contributed to lifting the immediate threat to Moscow
part of the first major Soviet winter counteroffensive
theater European theatre of World War II
timePeriod December 1941
year 1941

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Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 relatedOperation Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation
Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation alsoKnownAs Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation
this entity surface form: Klin–Solnechnogorsk operation