Operation Barbarossa (Central sector)
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Operation Barbarossa (Central sector) was the main German Army Group Centre offensive during the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, focused on advancing through Belarus toward Moscow.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German Army Group Centre defenses north-west of Moscow | 1 |
| Operation Barbarossa (Central sector) canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II Eastern Front campaign
ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ |
| axisOfAdvance | from German–Soviet border through Belarus toward Moscow ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| campaign | German invasion of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
heavy Soviet losses in men and materiel
ⓘ
rapid panzer encirclements ⓘ |
| codenameRelation | central axis of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Fedor von Bock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executedBy | Army Group Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Operation Typhoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| front | Eastern Front (World War II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
German 2nd Panzer Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German 3rd Panzer Group NERFINISHED ⓘ German 4th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ German 9th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Central Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Reserve Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Belarus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Soviet Union ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Białystok–Minsk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Mogilev NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Orsha (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Smolensk (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCityCaptured |
Minsk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Smolensk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective |
advance toward Moscow
ⓘ
destruction of Soviet forces in Belarus ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedCommander |
Dmitry Pavlov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov NERFINISHED ⓘ Semyon Timoshenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | German–Soviet invasion of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDirection | eastward ⓘ |
| result |
encirclement and destruction of large Soviet forces in the central sector
ⓘ
major German territorial gains in Belarus ⓘ |
| startDate | 1941-06-22 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | main axis of German advance toward Moscow ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| timePeriod | summer 1941 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
German Army Group Centre defenses north-west of Moscow