Northwestern Front

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The Northwestern Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation that operated on the northwestern sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, conducting defensive and offensive operations against German forces.

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Label Occurrences
Northwestern Front canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
Soviet front
military unit
casualties heavy losses in summer–autumn 1941
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
disbandedOn 1943-04-20
engagedIn Demyansk operations NERFINISHED
Staraya Russa operations
defensive operations in the Baltic region
defensive operations in the Pskov area
operations around Leningrad approaches
formedOn 1941-06-22
headquartersLocation Pskov NERFINISHED
Valday NERFINISHED
includedUnit 11th Army NERFINISHED
1st Shock Army NERFINISHED
27th Army NERFINISHED
34th Army NERFINISHED
48th Army NERFINISHED
4th Shock Army NERFINISHED
8th Army NERFINISHED
air armies and air divisions of the Red Air Force
languageOfName Russian
militaryBranch Ground forces
nativeName Северо-Западный фронт NERFINISHED
notableCommander Fyodor Kuznetsov NERFINISHED
Ivan Bagramyan NERFINISHED
Ivan Konev NERFINISHED
Pyotr Sobennikov NERFINISHED
Semyon Timoshenko NERFINISHED
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
opposedFormation Army Group North NERFINISHED
partOf Red Army
precededBy Baltic Special Military District NERFINISHED
reorganizedAs 2nd Baltic Front NERFINISHED
Baltic Front NERFINISHED
role strategic-level operational command
sector northwestern sector of the Eastern Front
subordinateTo Soviet High Command NERFINISHED
Stavka NERFINISHED
task conduct offensive operations against German Army Group North
defend northwestern approaches to Moscow and Leningrad
theater Eastern Front
timePeriod Great Patriotic War NERFINISHED
typeOfOperations defensive operations
offensive operations

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3rd Baltic Front precededBy Northwestern Front
7th Army frontAssignment Northwestern Front
Soviet Northwestern Front alsoKnownAs Northwestern Front
Battle of Raseiniai sovietFormation Northwestern Front