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Yelnya (Russian: Ельня) is the name of
several inhabited localities in Russia.
Urban localities Yelnya,
Yelninsky District,
Smolensk Oblast, a town in...
- The
Yelnya offensive (August 30 –
September 8, 1941) was a
military operation by the
Soviet Army
during the
Battle of
Smolensk during Operation Barbarossa...
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Yelnya Reserve (or Jelnia) is the
biggest swamp complex in Belarus. The
swamps cover 253.01
square kilometers and
considered to be more than 9000 years...
- The
Stavka decided instead to
shift the
attack axis west to
Yelnya and Smolensk. The
Yelnya-Dorogobuzh
Offensive Operation was
considered the "key" to...
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Yelnya (Russian: Е́льня) is a town and the
administrative center of
Yelninsky District in
Smolensk Oblast, Russia,
located on the
Desna River, 82 kilometers...
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September 1943 10:01 Yak-9 PQ 35 Ost 35371, west of
Yelnya 5 km (3.1 mi)
southwest of
Yelnya 1 13
March 1943 15:18 Il-2 PQ 36 Ost 20122,
north of Volkhov...
- The 144th
Guards Yelnya Red
Banner Order of
Suvorov Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 144-я гвардейская мотострелковая Ельнинская Краснознамённая, ордена...
- and Volokolamsk. It
later fought in Rusa-Volokolamsk, Rzhev,
Vyazma and
Yelnya before taking part in
Operation Zitadelle (Kursk). It
retired to the Svin...
- Front.
While this Army pla**** the main role in the
successful offensive at
Yelnya, the 178th was held in reserve. In late August, in
response to a German...
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bridgehead on the east bank at
Yelnya and
cleared that as well by the 20th. This
advanced bridgehead became the
center of the
Yelnya Offensive, one of the first...
