<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - NgoNovemba le nkampani yabelwa eKalinin Front, futhi yaqinisa i-3rd Shock Army ekuhlaseleni kwayo i-German Third Panzer Army edolobheni laseVelikiye Luki nasezindaweni ezizungezile. Impi yayo yokuqala yabiza kakhulu, futhi naphezu kokuthola i-162nd Machinegun Battalion kanye ne-training battalion njengokushintshwa ngoDisemba, ngasekupheleni kwempi ngoFebhuwari 1, 1943, i-249th yayingaba ngu-50 wamandla, enenani eliphelele lamaphoyisa namadoda angama-4,213. I-division kanye ne-corps yayo yahlala ngokuqondile ngaphansi komyalo we-Front ngo-Okthoba i-Kalinin Front yaba yi-2nd Baltic Front unyaka wonke, ihlasela kanye ne-4th Shock Army ngaseVitebsk eMpini yaseNevel  <response>: ngoNovemba nangoDisemba. 