The Battles for the Rzhev Salient or "the Red Army's forgotten 15 month campaign against Army Group Center" lasted from January 1942 to March 1943, in total there were 4 major Soviet Offensive Operations. Additionally, the Germans conducted serveral minor Operations themselves to stabilize the defense, e.g., Hannover I & II and Seydlitz. This video gives a brief overview on the battles, forces, losses and also who won or lost. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOURCES « Gerasimova, Svetlana: The Rzhev Slaughterhouse. The Red Army’s Forgotten 15-Month Campaign against Army Group Center, 1942-1943. Helion & Company Limited: Solihull, 2013. Mawdsley, Evan: Thunder in the East. The Nazi-Soviet War 1941-1945. Second Edition. Bloomsbury: London, 2016. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 6. Der globale Krieg – Die Ausweitung zum Weltkrieg und der Wechsel der Initiative 1941 bis 1943, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, 1990 Germany and the Second World War – Volume 6 – The Global War Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: The Battle of Kursk. University of Kansas Press: United States, 1999. Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: Armageddon in Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 2: September-November 1942. University Press of Kansas: United States, 2009. Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: Endgame at Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 3: Book One: November 1942. University Press of Kansas: United States, 2014. Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: When Titans Clashed. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Revised and Expanded Edition. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2015 Glantz, David M.: Colossus Reborn. The Re