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.

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Label	Occurrences
Operation Typhoon canonical	14

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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 ⓘ Soviet-German Front ⓘ surface form: 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 Oblast ⓘ surface form: Moscow region Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Union ⓘ
militaryUnit	2nd Panzer Army ⓘ 3rd Panzer Army ⓘ 4th Army ⓘ German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 (14)

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World War II → hasPart → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

Battle of Moscow → operation → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

Army Group Centre → tookPartIn → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

Georg-Hans Reinhardt → participatedIn → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

9th Army (Wehrmacht) → engagedIn → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

Vyazma pocket → operation → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

Unternehmen Taifun → hasAlias → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 → precededBy → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

2nd Panzer Army → participatedIn → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

LVI Panzer Corps → operation → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

Battle of Vyazma → operation → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

German Army on the Eastern Front → notableOperation → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

German 2nd Panzer Group → operation → Operation Typhoon ⓘ

Central sector of the Eastern Front → notableOperation → Operation Typhoon ⓘ