Red Army
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The Red Army was the Soviet Union’s land-based military force, renowned for its pivotal role in defeating Nazi Germany during World War II and shaping the outcome of the Eastern Front.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
army
ⓘ
military organization ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshevik Party
Soviet government ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front of World War II
Polish–Soviet War ⓘ Russian Civil War ⓘ Winter War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1946 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
RKKA
ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
surface form:
Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
|
| hasBranch |
airborne troops
ⓘ
armored forces ⓘ artillery ⓘ engineer troops ⓘ infantry ⓘ signal troops ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| inception | 1918 ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Ivan Konev ⓘ Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Mikhail Frunze ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Russian ⓘ |
| namedInLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Great Purge
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Purge of the officer corps
|
| notableFor |
Battle of Berlin
ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ defeat of Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet armed forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Armed Forces
|
| positionHeldBy |
Leon Trotsky
ⓘ
surface form:
Leon Trotsky as People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs
|
| reorganizedAs |
Soviet armed forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Army
|
| roleInHistory |
major component of Allied victory in World War II
ⓘ
shaped postwar Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| usedColor | red ⓘ |
| usedDoctrine |
combined arms warfare
ⓘ
deep operation ⓘ |
| usedSymbol |
hammer and sickle
ⓘ
red star ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
subject surface form:
Auschwitz-Birkenau
this entity surface form:
RedArmy
this entity surface form:
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (in early years closely linked)
this entity surface form:
Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
this entity surface form:
Soviet Red Army
this entity surface form:
Soviet Red Army (as officer affiliation)
this entity surface form:
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
this entity surface form:
Soviet Army
this entity surface form:
Soviet Red Army
this entity surface form:
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
this entity surface form:
Soviet Red Army
this entity surface form:
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
this entity surface form:
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army