Battle of Moscow

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The Battle of Moscow was a major World War II engagement in late 1941–early 1942 in which Soviet forces halted and repelled the German advance on the Soviet capital, marking a crucial turning point on the Eastern Front.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front engagement
World War II battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Moscow Strategic Defensive and Offensive Operations
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
casualties very high on both sides
commander Fedor von Bock
Georgy Zhukov
Heinz Guderian
Hermann Hoth
Ivan Konev
conflictIn World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
defensiveFeature Moscow defense zone
Mozhaisk defensive line
fortified belt around Moscow
defensiveOperation Moscow Strategic Defensive Operation
endDate 1942-01-07
followedBy Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
frontLineDistanceFromMoscow approximately 30 km at closest point
involvedEvent Soviet counteroffensive of December 1941
involvedMilitaryUnit German Army Group Centre
Red Army Bryansk Front
Red Army Kalinin Front
Red Army Western Front
location Moscow region
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
notableAspect halt of Blitzkrieg on the Eastern Front
use of Siberian divisions by the Red Army
offensiveOperation Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation
operation Operation Typhoon
opponentCommander Adolf Hitler
outcome German forces pushed back from Moscow
German offensive on Moscow halted
partOf Eastern Front of World War II
precededBy German invasion of the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa
result Soviet victory
season winter 1941–1942
significance first major defeat of German Army in World War II
turning point on the Eastern Front
startDate 1941-10-02
strategicObjective capture of Moscow by German forces
defense of Moscow by Soviet forces
theater European theatre of World War II
weatherCondition muddy rasputitsa conditions
severe winter cold


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