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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Renault FT tanks usedBy Red Army
subject surface form: Renault FT
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Hanko naval base garrisonedBy Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Army
Belostok Offensive combatant Red Army
Belostok Offensive conductedBy Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Western Special Military District militaryBranch Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Krasnoarmeysk namedAfter Red Army
Ivan Chistyakov militaryBranch Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Ivan Chistyakov partOf Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Yelena Bonner militaryBranch Red Army
British mission in the Baltic opponent Red Army
this entity surface form: Bolshevik forces
Shturmovik user Red Army
10th Panzer Division engagedAgainst Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
royal Hungarian army primaryOpponent Red Army
subject surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Maxim Purkayev militaryBranch Red Army
Shumilov militaryBranch Red Army
subject surface form: Mikhail Shumilov
Meretskov militaryBranch Red Army
subject surface form: Kirill Meretskov
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Commander of the Volkhov Front usedBy Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Dmitry Kozlov militaryBranch Red Army
Transcaucasian Front partOf Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Eltigen associatedWith Red Army
Soviet 56th Army partOf Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Soviet 56th Army branch Red Army
Commander of the Karelian Front militaryBranch Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) opposingForce Red Army
subject surface form: Operation Suvorov
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) militaryFormationInvolved Red Army
subject surface form: Operation Suvorov
16th Army partOf Red Army
22nd Army partOf Red Army
30th Army partOf Red Army
30th Army militaryBranch Red Army