campaign, interwar and Second World War
Operation Winter Magic
Operation Winter Magic was a campaign fought in 1943 at Polack District, in what is now Soviet Union. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Polack District. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. Recorded strength: 4,000 against Unknown.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1943 (year precision) to 1943 | |
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| Place | Polack District, Soviet Union 56.283N, 28.483E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 4,000 | Unknown |
| Casualties and losses | German estimate; Several hundred villages destroyed; 3904 civilians killed; 7,465 captured for forced labour; 2,000 deported to Salaspils camp; Russian estimate by Aleksandr Dyukov: 439 villages destroyed; 10,000–12,000 civilians killed; Over 7,000 deported to Salaspils camp; 15 "dead zone" completely depopulated | |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Klyastitsy 1812, 45 km S
- Siege of Opochka 1517, 49 km N
- Sterzhnevsky lodgement date unknown, 89 km N
- Siege of Polotsk 1579, 90 km S
- Siege of Polotsk 1518, 91 km S
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Nikolayevka 1943
- After: Operation Hornung 1943
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1943
Operation Winter Magic is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 48 in present-day Soviet Union.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3354891, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Winterzauber, revision 1381396318, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.