Northern Front (Soviet Union)

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The Northern Front (Soviet Union) was a World War II Red Army formation responsible for defending the northwestern USSR, including the approaches to Leningrad, in the early stages of the German invasion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
front (military formation)
areaOfOperations Karelian Isthmus
Leningrad Oblast
surface form: Leningrad region

Murmansk Oblast
surface form: Murmansk region

northwestern Soviet Union
branch Red Army
commander Markian Popov
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II
country Soviet Union
dateDisbanded 1941-08-23
August 23, 1941
dateFormed 1941-06-24
June 24, 1941
engagedIn defense of Leningrad approaches
operations against Army Group North
operations in Arctic region
operations in Karelia
formedFrom Baltic Military District
surface form: Baltic Special Military District

Leningrad Military District
garrison Leningrad
headquartersLocation Leningrad
historicalEra World War II
languageOfName Russian
militaryRole strategic defense
notableCommander Markian Popov
opponent Finland
Nazi Germany
originalName Northern Front (Soviet Union) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Северный фронт
partOf Red Army
Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
responsibleFor defense of Arctic sector of the Eastern Front
defense of Karelian Isthmus
defense of Murmansk direction
defense of approaches to Leningrad
defense of northwestern USSR
status disbanded
subordinateUnit 14th Army (Soviet Union)
23rd Army
surface form: 23rd Army (Soviet Union)

7th Army (Soviet Union)
Kronstadt
surface form: Leningrad Naval Base

Northern Fleet
surface form: Northern Fleet (cooperated)
subsequentEntity Karelian front
surface form: Karelian Front

Leningrad Front (Soviet Union)
surface form: Leningrad Front
theater Eastern Front
timePeriod early stages of Operation Barbarossa
summer 1941

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Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) formedFrom Northern Front (Soviet Union)
Arctic theatre of World War II relatedTo Northern Front (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: Northern Front (World War II)
16th Army frontSector Northern Front (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: Northern sector of the Eastern Front
Battle of Tikhvin militaryTheater Northern Front (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: Northern sector of the Eastern Front
Karelian front formedFrom Northern Front (Soviet Union)
subject surface form: Karelian Front
this entity surface form: Northern Front
Northern Front (Soviet Union) originalName Northern Front (Soviet Union) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Северный фронт
3rd Mountain Division theaterOfOperations Northern Front (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: Northern Front
Commander of the Karelian Front location Northern Front (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: Northern Front of the Eastern Front (World War II)