The official history of the Battle of Rzhev begins on January 5, 1942. But in fact, Rzhev and its surrounding areas were captured back in October 1941. Hitler's army occupied a large territory in the area of the Rzhev-Vyazemsky salient and secured a strategic bridgehead stretching from 200 to 350 kilometers. The USSR high command set the task of knocking out the enemy from this... (展開全部)