Yelnya Offensive

The Soviet Army's Yelnya Offensive operation (August 30 – September 8, 1941) was part of the Battle of Smolensk during the German Operation Barbarossa on the German-Soviet War. The offensive was against the semi-circular Yelnya salient which the German 4th Army had extended 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-east of Smolensk forming a staging area for an offensive towards Vyazma and eventually Moscow. Under heavy pressure on its flanks, the Wehrmacht evacuated the salient by 8 September 1941, leaving behind a devastated and depopulated region.

Yelnya Offensive

The Soviet Army's Yelnya Offensive operation (August 30 – September 8, 1941) was part of the Battle of Smolensk during the German Operation Barbarossa on the German-Soviet War. The offensive was against the semi-circular Yelnya salient which the German 4th Army had extended 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-east of Smolensk forming a staging area for an offensive towards Vyazma and eventually Moscow. Under heavy pressure on its flanks, the Wehrmacht evacuated the salient by 8 September 1941, leaving behind a devastated and depopulated region.