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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Prague Spring invadingForce Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Army
Majdanek liberatedBy Red Army
1st Polish Army subordinateTo Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Siege of Leningrad defendedBy Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Battle of Summa opponent Red Army
Leon Trotsky founderOf Red Army
Kronstadt rebellion opponent Red Army
7th Panzer Division engagedAgainst Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
Vasily Chuikov militaryBranch Red Army
Vasily Chuikov militaryBranch Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Army
Tambov Rebellion opposedBy Red Army
Tambov Rebellion participant Red Army
this entity surface form: Red Army soldiers
Tambov Rebellion combatant Red Army
Soviet armed forces hasPart Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Army
Soviet 60th Army partOf Red Army
Soviet 60th Army branch Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Army
White Terror opposedTo Red Army
subject surface form: White Terror (Russian Civil War)
White Army opposedTo Red Army
Imperial Russian Army followedBy Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
RKKA fullName Red Army
this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
RKKA fullName Red Army
this entity surface form: Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Krasnaya Armiya
RKKA shortName Red Army
1st Belorussian Front partOf Red Army
He Zizhen associatedWith Red Army
1st Ukrainian Front partOf Red Army
Heeresgruppe Süd opposedBy Red Army
Georgy Zhukov militaryBranch Red Army
Georgy Zhukov militaryBranch Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Army
Stalingrad defender Red Army
Army Group Centre opponent Red Army
Königsberg capturedBy Red Army
Battle of Lenino combatant Red Army
Battle of Lenino belligerent Red Army
this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army
DulagTransitCamps notableVictimGroup Red Army
this entity surface form: Red Army soldiers
1st Baltic Front partOf Red Army
Soviet government armyBranch Red Army
3rd Belorussian Front partOf Red Army