Western Front (Red Army)

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Soviet front World War II military unit operational-strategic formation

The Western Front (Red Army) was a major Soviet operational-strategic formation responsible for conducting large-scale military operations against German forces on the central sector of the Eastern Front during World War II.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Western Front (Red Army) canonical 22
Soviet Western Front 5
Western Front (Soviet) 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet front ⓘ
World War II military unit ⓘ
operational-strategic formation ⓘ
allegiance Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
alsoKnownAs Zapadny Front ⓘ
branchOfService Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ
surface form: Soviet ground forces
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dateFormed 22 June 1941 ⓘ
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Moscow ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk (1941) ⓘ
Belorussian strategic offensive operations ⓘ
Belorussian strategic offensive operation ⓘ
surface form: Operation Bagration

Operation Mars ⓘ
Operation Suvorov ⓘ
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations ⓘ
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations

Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) ⓘ
surface form: Smolensk operation (1943)
formedFrom Western Special Military District ⓘ
frontSector central sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
headquartersLocation Moscow ⓘ
Smolensk region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vyazma ⓘ
includedUnitType air armies ⓘ
cavalry corps ⓘ
combined-arms armies ⓘ
tank armies ⓘ
languageOfCommand Russian ⓘ
militaryBranch Ground forces ⓘ
notableCommander Dmitry Pavlov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
opposedFormation Army Group Centre ⓘ
partOf Red Army ⓘ
placeFormed Western Special Military District ⓘ
primaryObjective defend Moscow direction ⓘ
liberate central Belorussia ⓘ
push German Army Group Centre westward ⓘ
role conducting defensive operations ⓘ
conducting large-scale offensive operations ⓘ
subordinateTo Soviet High Command ⓘ
Stavka ⓘ
theater Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
timePeriod 1941–1945 ⓘ
typeOfCommand operational-strategic level command ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

21st Army (Red Army) → front → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk (1941) → involvedUnit → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Western Front
Yakov → front → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
subject surface form: Yakov Dzhugashvili
Vyazma pocket → involvedUnit → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Western Front
Red Army Western Front → successor → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Front (Soviet Union)
Mozhaisk defensive line → front → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation → militaryFrontInvolved → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations → front → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations → involvedUnit → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Western Front armies
Unternehmen Taifun → involvedUnit → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Western Front
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 → frontInvolved → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Operation Mars → forceInvolved → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Western Front
11th Guards Army → frontAssignment → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
43rd Army → subordinateTo → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Front (Soviet)
Battle of Białystok–Minsk → SovietFront → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Battle of Białystok–Minsk → encirclementOf → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Western Front forces
Commander of the Western Front (Red Army) → partOf → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Orel salient → attackedBy → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Orel offensive operation → front → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Front (Soviet)
13th Army (Red Army) → frontAssignment → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Soviet 13th Army → frontAssignment → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Western Special Military District → convertedInto → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Central sector of the Eastern Front → opposedBy → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Western Front
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) → frontCommand → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Suvorov
16th Army → frontAssignment → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
30th Army → frontAssignment → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
29th Army → commandStructure → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
33rd Army → frontAssignment → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Red Army units → notableUnit → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
49th Army → frontAssignment → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Kaluga offensive operation → front → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation → front → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Front (Soviet)
Tula offensive operation → front → Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ