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