This battle's early engagements included Dmitri Leliushenko's recently formed Special Rifle Corps using T-34 tanks hidden in forests to ambush opponents obstructed by mud.
This battle's early engagements included Dmitri Leliushenko's recently formed Special Rifle Corps using T-34 tanks hidden in forests to ambush opponents obstructed by mud. Timoshenko had been able to slow the concurrent Operation Wotan, while the subsequent counteroffensive saw the failure to destroy the Demyansk pocket and the meat grinding stalemate at Rzhev. The previous month, Gerd von Rundstedt had been dismissed after the failures of the Yelnya Offensive and the Battle of Rostov. It led to the dismissal of Fedor von Bock and was characterized by a double pincer, one of which hoped to approach the Kalinin Front while severing the railway to (*) Leningrad. For 10 points, name this battle that began in October 1941, which saw Operation Typhoon fail and the Germans repulsed from the largest Soviet city.
This battle's early engagements included Dmitri Leliushenko's recently formed Special Rifle Corps using T-34 tanks hidden in forests to ambush opponents obstructed by mud.
Battle of {Moscow} [accept Operation {Typhoon} before mentioned; prompt on Operation {Barbarossa}]