Operation Typhoon

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German military operation World War II military operation military offensive

Operation Typhoon was the German Wehrmacht’s 1941 offensive aimed at capturing Moscow during World War II, whose failure marked a major turning point on the Eastern Front.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military operation → World War II military operation → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	Unternehmen Taifun →
belligerent	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
causeOfFailure	Soviet resistance → logistical overstretch → onset of winter weather →
commander	Fedor von Bock → Heinz Guderian → Hermann Hoth →
conflict	Battle of Moscow → German–Soviet War → World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
endDate	1941-12-05 →
followedBy	Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 →
front	Eastern Front →
includedBattle	Bryansk pocket → Vyazma pocket → defensive battles before Moscow →
location	Moscow region → Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → Soviet Union →
militaryUnit	2nd Panzer Army → 3rd Panzer Army → 4th Army → 4th Panzer Group → 9th Army → Army Group Centre →
objective	capture of Moscow → defeat of Soviet forces defending Moscow →
operator	Wehrmacht →
opposingCommander	Georgy Zhukov → Ivan Konev →
opposingUnit	Red Army Bryansk Front → Red Army Reserve Front → Red Army Western Front →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II → Operation Barbarossa →
precededBy	initial phase of Operation Barbarossa →
result	German operational failure → Soviet defensive victory →
significance	contributed to long-term German strategic defeat in the East → halted German advance toward Moscow → turning point on the Eastern Front →
startDate	1941-10-02 →
theater	European theatre of World War II →
timePeriod	1941 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Moscow → Vyazma pocket →	operation
2nd Panzer Army → Georg-Hans Reinhardt →	participatedIn
9th Army (Wehrmacht) →	engagedIn
Unternehmen Taifun →	hasAlias
World War II →	hasPart
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 →	precededBy
Army Group Centre →	tookPartIn