Toropets–Kholm offensive

Toropets-Kholm offensive
	Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
	; World War II Eastern Front during the 1942 winter counter-offensive
Date	9 January – 6 February 1942
Location	Northwestern Russia
Result	Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Ernst Busch	Pavel Kurochkin
Units involved
16th Army II Corps 123rd Division; 81st Division; SS Cavalry Brigade; ; ;	North-Western Front 3rd Shock Army 23rd Division; 33rd Division; 257th Division; ; 4th Shock Army 249th Division; 332nd Division; 334th Division; 358th Division; 360th Rifle Division; ; ;
Strength
Unknown	122,100
Casualties and losses
12,000 killed (Soviet estimate)	10,400 killed or missing; 18,810 wounded; Total:; 29,200

The Toropets–Kholm offensive was a military operation conducted south of Lake Ilmen by the Red Army during World War II, from 9 January–6 February 1942. The operation contributed to the formation of the Kholm Pocket and the encirclement of the Wehrmacht's II Army Corps in the Demyansk Pocket.