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Revision as of 06:44, 29 May 2016

Battle of Widerhausen
Part of 10 Days War
Widerhausen.jpg

Rotgeheiman infantry of the 11th VS-Panzergrenadier Division Selbstständigkeit take cover as they engage Porantan forces for control of the city
Date 22 January – 24 January 1913
Location Widerhausen, Hundermenschen
Result Decisive Rotgeheiman victory
  • Two large airstrips captured
  • 30-km wide, 25-km deep Rotgeheiman salient created in Porantan defensive perimeter
  • Field army-sized formation of Porantan troops captured
Belligerents
Rotgeheim Porant
Commanders and leaders
Bernhard Schlessinger

Siegfried Feilhaber Oliver Rauschenberg

Unknown
Units involved
II VS-Panzerkorps

XII VS-Panzerkorps

XIV VS-Panzerkorps

Unknown
Strength
227,156 troops

850 tanks

~120,000 troops

100 tanks

Casualties and losses
Dead:

4,618
Wounded:
7,644
Missing:
341
Captured:
Unknown

Dead:

14,229
Wounded:
22,904
Missing:
900
Captured:
104,871

204 civilians killed