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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Eastern Front opponent Red Army
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Winter War involves Red Army
AuschwitzBirkenau liberatedBy Red Army
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
SovietPrisonersOfWar partOf Red Army
this entity surface form: RedArmy
Communist Party of the Soviet Union paramilitaryWing Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (in early years closely linked)
Russian Civil War belligerent Red Army
Red Army hasAlternativeName Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
Romanian 3rd Army opposedBy Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Case Blue involves Red Army
Order of Victory usedBy Red Army
Kim Il Sung previousParty Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army (as officer affiliation)
Soviet 62nd Army partOf Red Army
Soviet 62nd Army militaryBranch Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Mannerheim Line opposedBy Red Army
Mannerheim Line capturedBy Red Army
Sielce near Ryazan usedBy Red Army
White movement foughtAgainst Red Army
Green armies opposedTo Red Army
Soviet military officers partOf Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Army
German 4th Panzer Army engagedAgainst Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Soviet 64th Army partOf Red Army
Soviet 64th Army militaryBranchOf Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Romanian 4th Army opponent Red Army
Imperial Japanese Army opposedBy Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
GermanArmyGroupNorth opponent Red Army
Yakov Dzhugashvili militaryBranch Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Soviet Don Front partOf Red Army
Soviet Don Front operatedBy Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Battle of Kollaa belligerent Red Army
Battle of Taipale belligerent Red Army