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and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">57°09′N</span> <span class="longitude">31°11′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">57.150°N 31.183°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">57.150; 31.183</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1942 battle of WW2 on Eastern Front</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r963460841">@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output 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decoding="async" width="260" height="361" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Kessel_von_Cholm_-_Karte.png/390px-Kessel_von_Cholm_-_Karte.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Kessel_von_Cholm_-_Karte.png/520px-Kessel_von_Cholm_-_Karte.png 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="1281" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>23 January – 5 May 1942</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Kholm,_Kholmsky_District,_Novgorod_Oblast" title="Kholm, Kholmsky District, Novgorod Oblast">Kholm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> German defensive victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1941)" title="Battle of Kiev (1941)">1st Kiev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_evacuation_of_Tallinn" title="Soviet evacuation of Tallinn">Tallinn</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Leningrad</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sea_of_Azov" title="Battle of the Sea of Azov">Sea of Azov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="First Battle of Kharkov">1st Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_campaign" title="Crimean campaign">1st Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)">Sevastopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rostov_(1941)" title="Battle of Rostov (1941)">Rostov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Gorky</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Moscow</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kerch_Peninsula" title="Battle of the Kerch Peninsula">Kerch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940%E2%80%931944_insurgency_in_Chechnya" title="1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya">Chechnya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare_during_Operation_Barbarossa" title="Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa">Air war 1941</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>1942</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lyuban" title="Battle of Lyuban">Lyuban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barvenkovo%E2%80%93Lozovaya_offensive" title="Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive">Barvenkovo–Lozovaya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Rzhev" title="Battles of Rzhev">Rzhev</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toropets%E2%80%93Kholm_offensive" title="Toropets–Kholm offensive">Toropets–Kholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demyansk_Pocket" title="Demyansk Pocket">Demyansk</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bamberg" title="Operation Bamberg">Bamberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Second Battle of Kharkov">2nd Kharkov</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Caucasus" title="Battle of the Caucasus">Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rzhev,_summer_1942" title="Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942">Rzhev–Sychyovka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinyavino_offensive_(1942)" title="Sinyavino offensive (1942)">Sinyavino</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Stalingrad</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Velikiye_Luki" title="Battle of Velikiye Luki">Velikiye Luki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mars" title="Operation Mars"><i>Mars</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Little_Saturn" title="Operation Little Saturn"><i>Little Saturn</i></a></li></ul> <dl><dt>1943</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Iskra" title="Operation Iskra"><i>Iskra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ostrogozhsk%E2%80%93Rossosh_offensive" title="Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive">Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voronezh%E2%80%93Kharkov_offensive" title="Voronezh–Kharkov offensive">Voronezh–Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Polar_Star" title="Operation Polar Star"><i>Polar Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Third Battle of Kharkov">3rd Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II#June_1943" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Gorky Blitz</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Kursk</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donbas_strategic_offensive_(July_1943)" title="Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943)">1st Donbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgorod%E2%80%93Kharkov_offensive_operation" title="Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation">Belgorod-Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donbas_strategic_offensive_(August_1943)" title="Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943)">2nd Donbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smolensk_operation" title="Smolensk operation">2nd Smolensk</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lenino" title="Battle of Lenino">Lenino</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Dnieper</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nevel_(1943)" title="Battle of Nevel (1943)">Nevel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)" title="Battle of Kiev (1943)">2nd Kiev</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>1944</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dnieper%E2%80%93Carpathian_offensive" title="Dnieper–Carpathian offensive">Dnieper–Carpathian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leningrad%E2%80%93Novgorod_offensive" title="Leningrad–Novgorod offensive">Leningrad–Novgorod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1944)" title="Battle of Narva (1944)">Narva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_offensive" title="Crimean offensive">2nd Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_offensive" title="First Jassy–Kishinev offensive">1st Jassy–Kishinev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyborg%E2%80%93Petrozavodsk_offensive" title="Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive">Karelia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Bagration</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lvov-Sandomierz_Offensive" title="Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive">Lvov–Sandomierz</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Doppelkopf" title="Operation Doppelkopf">Doppelkopf</a></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_offensive" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive">2nd Jassy–Kishinev</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dukla_Pass" title="Battle of the Dukla Pass">Dukla Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_offensive" title="Baltic offensive">2nd Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrade_offensive" title="Belgrade offensive">Belgrade</a></li> <li><a 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title="Operation Solstice"><i>Solstice</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Pomeranian_offensive" title="East Pomeranian offensive">East Pomerania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Spring_Awakening" title="Operation Spring Awakening">Lake Balaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravia%E2%80%93Ostrava_offensive" title="Moravia–Ostrava offensive">Moravia–Ostrava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna_offensive" title="Vienna offensive">Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bratislava%E2%80%93Brno_offensive" title="Bratislava–Brno offensive">Bratislava–Brno</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Berlin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prague_offensive" title="Prague offensive">Prague</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prague_uprising" title="Prague uprising">Prague uprising</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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href="/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania" title="June Uprising in Lithuania">June in Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_War" title="Summer War">Summer War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_strategic_defensive" title="Leningrad strategic defensive">Strategic defensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_evacuation_of_Tallinn" title="Soviet evacuation of Tallinn">Evacuation of Tallinn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad"><b>Leningrad</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oranienbaum_Bridgehead" title="Oranienbaum Bridgehead"><i>Oranienbaum</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikhvin_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Tikhvin Offensive">Tikhvin</a></li></ul> <p><b>1942</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lyuban" title="Battle of Lyuban">Lyuban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toropets%E2%80%93Kholm_offensive" title="Toropets–Kholm offensive">Toropets–Kholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demyansk_Pocket" title="Demyansk Pocket">Demyansk</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinyavino_offensive_(1942)" title="Sinyavino offensive (1942)">Sinyavino</a></li></ul> <p><b>1943</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Iskra" title="Operation Iskra"><i>Iskra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Polar_Star" title="Operation Polar Star"><i>Polar Star</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krasny_Bor" title="Battle of Krasny Bor">Krasny Bor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mga_offensive" title="Mga offensive">Mga</a></li></ul> <p><b>1944</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leningrad%E2%80%93Novgorod_offensive" title="Leningrad–Novgorod offensive">Relief of Leningrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1944)" title="Battle of Narva (1944)">Narva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyborg%E2%80%93Petrozavodsk_offensive" title="Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive">Karelian Isthmus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilnius_offensive" title="Vilnius offensive">Vilnius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_offensive" title="Šiauliai offensive">Šiauliai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaunas_offensive" title="Kaunas offensive">Kaunas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartu_offensive" title="Tartu offensive">Tartu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riga_offensive_(1944)" title="Riga offensive (1944)">Riga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallinn_offensive" title="Tallinn offensive">Tallinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonsund_operation" title="Moonsund operation">Moonsund Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Memel" title="Battle of Memel">Memel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courland_Pocket" title="Courland Pocket">Courland</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Kholm Pocket</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Kessel von Cholm</i>; <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Холмский котёл</span>) was the name given for the <a href="/wiki/Encirclement" title="Encirclement">encirclement</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">German troops</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> around <a href="/wiki/Kholm,_Kholmsky_District,_Novgorod_Oblast" title="Kholm, Kholmsky District, Novgorod Oblast">Kholm</a>, south of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Leningrad</a>, in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>'s the Eastern Front, from 23 January 1942 to 5 May 1942. The pocket was created by the Soviet <a href="/wiki/Toropets%E2%80%93Kholm_offensive" title="Toropets–Kholm offensive">Toropets–Kholm offensive</a>. </p><p>A much larger pocket was <a href="/wiki/Demyansk_Pocket" title="Demyansk Pocket">meanwhile surrounded</a> in <a href="/wiki/Demyansk" title="Demyansk">Demyansk</a>, about 100 km (62 mi) to the northeast. Both were the results of the German retreat following the defeat during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zabecki_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zabecki-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The air supply of Kholm and Demyansk was successful but led to an overconfidence in the <a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Wehrmacht" title="Oberkommando der Wehrmacht">German High Command</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>'s ability to supply encircled forces by air, which would lead to disastrous consequences at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a> in late 1942 and early 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kholm_Pocket&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the Kholm pocket, 5,500 German soldiers held out for 105 days. The pocket was supplied by air but since it was too small for planes to land, supplies had to be dropped in and recovered by the German defenders.<sup id="cite_ref-Zabecki_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zabecki-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the airdropped supplies were 35 of the first 50 prototype <a href="/wiki/Maschinenkarabiner_42(H)" title="Maschinenkarabiner 42(H)">MKb 42(H)</a> rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-Rottman2011_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rottman2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the German units in the pocket were part of the following:<sup id="cite_ref-Shield_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shield-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/218th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="218th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">218th Infantry Division</a></li> <li>Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 65</li> <li>Infanterie-Regiment 553 (of the <a href="/wiki/329th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="329th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">329th Infantry Division</a>)</li> <li>Parts of the <a href="/wiki/123rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="123rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">123rd Infantry Division</a></li> <li>Jagdkommando 8</li> <li>III. Bataillon of the Luftwaffenfeldregiment 1</li></ul> <p>German forces made attempts to relieve the pocket in January, March and May 1942. The first two failed, but the third was successful; the German forces in the pocket had been reduced to 1,200.<sup id="cite_ref-Zabecki_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zabecki-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1942, the <a href="/wiki/Cholm_Shield" title="Cholm Shield">Cholm Shield</a> was awarded to the German defenders of the pocket upon the suggestion of Generalmajor <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Scherer" title="Theodor Scherer">Theodor Scherer</a>, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Demyansk_Shield" title="Demyansk Shield">Demyansk Shield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zabecki_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zabecki-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shield_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shield-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scherer was personally awarded the <a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves</a> by <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> for the command of the defence of Kholm.<sup id="cite_ref-Zabecki_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zabecki-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shield_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shield-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kholm would be occupied by the Red Army on 21 February 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Zabecki_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zabecki-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="War_crimes">War crimes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kholm_Pocket&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: War crimes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 65, a police unit from <a href="/wiki/Gelsenkirchen" title="Gelsenkirchen">Gelsenkirchen</a>, were questioned after the war by the state prosecutor in <a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a> for their involvement in <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing" title="Ethnic cleansing">ethnic cleansing</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>. The unit was found to have taken part in a minimum of 5,000 executions and many deportations to <a href="/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps" title="Nazi concentration camps">concentration camps</a>. Among them was also the hanging of a young girl in <a href="/wiki/Kholm,_Kholmsky_District,_Novgorod_Oblast" title="Kholm, Kholmsky District, Novgorod Oblast">Kholm</a> during the siege.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kholm_Pocket&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Demjansk_Einkesselung.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Offensive of the Red Army south of Lake Ilmen 7 January–21 February 1942"><img alt="Offensive of the Red Army south of Lake Ilmen 7 January–21 February 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Demjansk_Einkesselung.png/120px-Demjansk_Einkesselung.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Demjansk_Einkesselung.png/180px-Demjansk_Einkesselung.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Demjansk_Einkesselung.png/240px-Demjansk_Einkesselung.png 2x" data-file-width="2286" data-file-height="1426" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Offensive of the Red Army south of Lake Ilmen<br /> 7 January–21 February 1942</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21250,_Russland,_Cholm,_Soldaten_vor_Hausruinen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Soldiers in the Kholm Pocket, 1942"><img alt="Soldiers in the Kholm Pocket, 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21250%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldaten_vor_Hausruinen.jpg/79px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21250%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldaten_vor_Hausruinen.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21250%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldaten_vor_Hausruinen.jpg/118px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21250%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldaten_vor_Hausruinen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21250%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldaten_vor_Hausruinen.jpg/158px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21250%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldaten_vor_Hausruinen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="526" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Soldiers in the Kholm Pocket, 1942</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3633-05,_Russland,_Cholm,_Soldatentransport_mit_Go_242.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Soldiers preparing to board a Gotha Go 242 glider, Kholm"><img alt="Soldiers preparing to board a Gotha Go 242 glider, Kholm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3633-05%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldatentransport_mit_Go_242.jpg/76px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3633-05%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldatentransport_mit_Go_242.jpg" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3633-05%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldatentransport_mit_Go_242.jpg/114px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3633-05%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldatentransport_mit_Go_242.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3633-05%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldatentransport_mit_Go_242.jpg/153px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3633-05%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Soldatentransport_mit_Go_242.jpg 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Soldiers preparing to board a <a href="/wiki/Gotha_Go_242" title="Gotha Go 242">Gotha Go 242</a> glider, Kholm</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-13A,_Russland,_Cholm.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sergeant gives soldier food, right: wounded with head and arm injuries, the end of January - beginning of May 1942"><img alt="Sergeant gives soldier food, right: wounded with head and arm injuries, the end of January - beginning of May 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-13A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm.jpg/76px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-13A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm.jpg" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-13A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm.jpg/115px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-13A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-13A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm.jpg/153px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-13A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sergeant gives soldier food, right: wounded with head and arm injuries, the end of January - beginning of May 1942</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-35A,_Russland,_Cholm,_essender_Soldat.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Soldier sitting for dinner in front of a ruined house"><img alt="Soldier sitting for dinner in front of a ruined house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-35A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_essender_Soldat.jpg/120px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-35A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_essender_Soldat.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-35A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_essender_Soldat.jpg/180px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-35A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_essender_Soldat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-35A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_essender_Soldat.jpg/240px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3637-35A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_essender_Soldat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="511" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Soldier sitting for dinner in front of a ruined house</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3648-21A,_Russland,_Cholm,_Frauen_mit_Toten_auf_Schlitten.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Russian women transport the dead by sledge during the occupation of Kholm. End January - Beginning May 1942."><img alt="Russian women transport the dead by sledge during the occupation of Kholm. End January - Beginning May 1942." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3648-21A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Frauen_mit_Toten_auf_Schlitten.jpg/120px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3648-21A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Frauen_mit_Toten_auf_Schlitten.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3648-21A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Frauen_mit_Toten_auf_Schlitten.jpg/180px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3648-21A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Frauen_mit_Toten_auf_Schlitten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3648-21A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Frauen_mit_Toten_auf_Schlitten.jpg/240px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3648-21A%2C_Russland%2C_Cholm%2C_Frauen_mit_Toten_auf_Schlitten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Russian women transport the dead by sledge during the occupation of Kholm. End January - Beginning May 1942.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kholm_Pocket&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Zabecki-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Zabecki_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zabecki_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zabecki_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zabecki_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zabecki_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zabecki_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zabecki_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Zabecki, p. 695–696</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bourne, p. 155–156</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rottman2011-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rottman2011_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRottman2012" class="citation book cs1">Rottman, Gordon (January 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qK9Nn-2xocUC&pg=PA9"><i>The AK-47: Kalashnikov-series assault rifles</i></a>. Osprey Publishing. p. 9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-835-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-835-0"><bdi>978-1-84908-835-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+AK-47%3A+Kalashnikov-series+assault+rifles&rft.pages=9&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2012-01&rft.isbn=978-1-84908-835-0&rft.aulast=Rottman&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqK9Nn-2xocUC%26pg%3DPA9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKholm+Pocket" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shield-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Shield_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shield_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shield_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Orden/s-c.html">Kholm Shield</a> <span class="languageicon">(in German)</span> www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de, accessed: 16 December 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gelsenzentrum.de/polizeibatallion_65.htm">Reserve-Polizeibataillon 65 (mot)</a> <span class="languageicon">(in German)</span> www.gelsenzentrum.de, accessed: 16 December 2011</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kholm_Pocket&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZabecki2014" class="citation book cs1">Zabecki, David (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rCWMBQAAQBAJ&q=Kholm+Pocket&pg=PA696"><i>Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara, California</a>: <a href="/wiki/ABC-CLIO" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC-CLIO">ABC-CLIO</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1598849806" title="Special:BookSources/978-1598849806"><bdi>978-1598849806</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Germany+at+War%3A+400+Years+of+Military+History&rft.place=Santa+Barbara%2C+California&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1598849806&rft.aulast=Zabecki&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrCWMBQAAQBAJ%26q%3DKholm%2BPocket%26pg%3DPA696&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKholm+Pocket" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBourne2013" class="citation book cs1">Bourne, Merfyn (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZCDINZHWCIC&q=Kholm+Pocket&pg=PA155"><i>The Second World War in the Air: The Story of Air Combat in Every Theatre of World War Two</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Troubador_Publishing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Troubador Publishing (page does not exist)">Troubador Publishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1780884417" title="Special:BookSources/978-1780884417"><bdi>978-1780884417</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Second+World+War+in+the+Air%3A+The+Story+of+Air+Combat+in+Every+Theatre+of+World+War+Two&rft.place=United+Kingdom&rft.pub=Troubador+Publishing&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1780884417&rft.aulast=Bourne&rft.aufirst=Merfyn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-ZCDINZHWCIC%26q%3DKholm%2BPocket%26pg%3DPA155&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKholm+Pocket" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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