German Army Group Centre offensive

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World War II campaign military offensive

The German Army Group Centre offensive was a major World War II campaign on the Eastern Front, forming the central thrust of Operation Barbarossa in the drive toward Moscow.

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Label Occurrences
German Army Group Centre offensive canonical 2
German offensive Operation Typhoon 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt rapid encirclement of Soviet forces ⓘ
alsoKnownAs central thrust of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
campaignScope central sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
characterizedBy extensive use of Blitzkrieg tactics ⓘ
large-scale armoured thrusts ⓘ
commandedBy Fedor von Bock ⓘ
conductedBy Army Group Centre ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1941-12 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Moscow ⓘ
front central front of German–Soviet war ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
includedOperation Battle of Białystok–Minsk ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk (1941) ⓘ
Vyazma and Bryansk encirclements ⓘ
involvedUnitType Luftwaffe air support ⓘ
infantry armies ⓘ
panzer groups ⓘ
location Belarus ⓘ
Smolensk region NERFINISHED ⓘ
approaches to Moscow ⓘ
western Russia ⓘ
notableConsequence mass encirclements of Soviet troops ⓘ
severe depletion of German forces before Battle of Moscow ⓘ
shift in German expectations about quick victory over USSR ⓘ
opponent Soviet Union ⓘ
opposedBy Red Army Bryansk Front ⓘ
Red Army Reserve Front ⓘ
Red Army Western Front ⓘ
partOf Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
primaryAxisOfAdvance Minsk–Smolensk–Moscow line ⓘ
result German advance halted before Moscow ⓘ
heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
startDate 1941-06-22 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Moscow ⓘ
destruction of Soviet forces in western USSR ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ

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

Battle of Smolensk (1941) → operation → German Army Group Centre offensive ⓘ
Bryansk pocket → campaign → German Army Group Centre offensive ⓘ
Mozhaisk defensive line → notableEvent → German Army Group Centre offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: German offensive Operation Typhoon