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[[File:Map Soviet 1941 Winter counteroffensive.jpg|thumb|Map of the Soviet 1941–1942 winter counteroffensive.]]
The '''winter campaign of 1941–1942''' from 5 December 1941 to 7 May 1942 was the name given by [[Stavka|Soviet military command]] to the period that marked the commencement of the Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation (better known as the [[Battle of Moscow]]). The opening [[phase (combat)|phase]] of the [[Red Army]] strategic counter-offensive operations in the Soviet Union was a major albeit costly Soviet victory.

The campaign began with the [[Moscow Strategic Offensive]] Operation (5 December 1941 – 7 January 1942)<ref>Erickson 2003, p.249.</ref> with the simultaneous [[Battle of the Kerch Peninsula|Kerch-Feodosia Amphibious Operation]] (25 December 1941 – 2 January 1942)<ref>Erickson 2003, p.288–291.</ref>

The operations in central and northern European Russia began with the conclusion of the Moscow counter-offensive almost simultaneously with the [[Oboyan–Kursk Offensive]] Operation (3 January 1942 – 26 January 1942), the [[Lyuban Offensive Operation]] (7 January 1942 – 30 April 1942), the [[Demyansk Offensive Operation]]<ref>Erickson 2003, p.305.</ref> (7 January 1942 – 20 May 1942), the [[Orel–Bolkhov Offensive]] Operation (8 January 1942 – 28 April 1942), and the [[Rzhev-Vyazma Strategic Offensive Operation]] (8 January 1942 – 20 April 1942).<ref>Erickson 2003, p.297.</ref> (not to be confused with [[Operation Mars]], which refers to another Soviet operation in the same area, during November and December 1942). 

The campaign concluded with the [[Barvenkovo-Lozovaya Offensive Operation]] (18 January 1942 – 31 January 1942), a renewed attempt to retake Crimea during the [[Crimean Offensive Operation]] (27 January 1942 – 15 April 1942) and the [[Bolkhov Offensive]] Operation (24 March 1942 – 3 April 1942).

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==References==
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* {{Cite book|last=Erickson|first=John|title=The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin's war with Germany. Volume One|publisher=Cassell Military Paperbacks|year=2003|location=London|isbn=0-304-36541-6}}
*{{cite book |last1=Stahel |first1=David |author1-link=David Stahel |title=Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942 |date=2019 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=978-0-374-71425-3 |language=en}}
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