Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda

Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet plan for Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda in the context of the wider offensive in the northern and central parts of the front.
Date February 10–April 1, 1943 Location Southern shore of Lake Ladoga , near present-day Saint Petersburg and near Demyansk, Russia Result Stalemate
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Georg von Küchler	Georgy Zhukov

Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda (Russian: Операция Полярная звезда, Operatsia Polyarnaya Zvezda; English translation: Operation Polar Star) was an operation conducted by the Soviet Leningrad, Volkhov and Northwestern Fronts in February and March 1943. The operation was planned in the wake of the successful Operation Iskra. The operation was planned by Georgy Zhukov and envisaged two separate encirclements. One to be carried out in the north by the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts near Mga and further south, by the Northwestern Front, near Demyansk.

The operation succeeded in recapturing Demyansk salient but failed to encircle the German forces. The northern part of the operation failed, without gaining much ground altogether. With the battles south near Kharkov and, later, Kursk using reinforcements for both sides, the frontline near Leningrad stabilised until July 1943

References

• Glantz, David M. (2002). The Battle for Leningrad 1941–1944. Kansas University Press. ISBN 0-7006-1208-4. 
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• Исаев, Алексей Валерьевич (2006). Когда внезапности уже не было. История ВОВ, которую мы не знали. (in Russian). М. Яуза, Эксмо. ISBN 5-699-11949-3. http://militera.lib.ru/h/isaev_av6/.