Battle of Moscow

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Eastern Front engagement World War II battle battle

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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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Moscow canonical	51
Battle of Moscow (initial phase)	1
Moscow Strategic Defensive Operation	1
Moscow Strategic Defensive and Offensive Operations	1
defence of Moscow	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Front engagement ⓘ World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Moscow ⓘ surface form: 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	Battle of Moscow self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Army Group Centre ⓘ surface form: German Army Group Centre Red Army Bryansk Front ⓘ Red Army Kalinin Front ⓘ Red Army Western Front ⓘ
location	Moscow Oblast ⓘ surface form: Moscow region Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
precededBy	Operation Barbarossa ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Front → conflict → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Andrey Yeremenko → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Soviet Air Forces → notableOperation → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Battle of Moscow → defensiveOperation → Battle of Moscow self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Strategic Defensive Operation

Battle of Moscow → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Strategic Defensive and Offensive Operations

Soviet-German Front → majorOperation → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Operation Typhoon → conflict → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

7th Panzer Division → tookPartIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Hermann Hoth → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

RKKA → notableBattle → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Konstantin Rokossovsky → notableWork → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Army Group Centre → tookPartIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Unternehmen Barbarossa → notableBattle → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Moscow (initial phase)

Axis forces on the Eastern Front → engagedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Georg-Hans Reinhardt → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Ivan Konev → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Battle of Kiev (1941) → followedBy → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Medal for the Defence of Moscow → campaign → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Medal for the Defence of Moscow → namedAfter → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

this entity surface form: defence of Moscow

Battle of Smolensk (1941) → followedBy → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

9th Army (Wehrmacht) → notableEngagement → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Vyazma pocket → followedBy → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Bryansk pocket → followedBy → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Mozhaisk defensive line → conflict → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Moscow defense zone → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) → engagedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

subject surface form: Soviet Western Front

Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation → partOf → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 → precededBy → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

3rd Panzer Army → engagement → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

2nd Panzer Army → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

9th Army → engagedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

KV-1 heavy tank → usedInBattle → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

subject surface form: KV-1

Eastern Front air operations → notableBattle → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Kalinin Front → engagedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Ninth Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

2nd Panzer Division → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Vasily Sokolovsky → participantIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

4th Panzer Division → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → engagedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

LVI Panzer Corps → engagement → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

13th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Western Front (Red Army) → engagedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

German Army Group Centre offensive → followedBy → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Battle of Vyazma → followedBy → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Soviet 13th Army → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

6th Panzer Division → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

Central sector of the Eastern Front → notableOperation → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

16th Army → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ

30th Army → participatedIn → Battle of Moscow ⓘ