Commander of the Karelian Front
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Commander of the Karelian Front was a senior Soviet military leadership post responsible for directing Red Army operations in the strategically important Karelian region during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commander of the Karelian Front canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Red Army command position
ⓘ
Soviet military post ⓘ military position ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Karelian front
ⓘ
surface form:
Karelian Front
|
| appliesToPeriod | Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet offensive in Karelia (1944)
Finnish–Soviet front in World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet–Finnish front stabilization (1941–1943)
|
| commandedUnits |
Karelian front
ⓘ
surface form:
armies of the Karelian Front
corps and divisions deployed in Karelia ⓘ |
| commandStructure | Soviet front system ⓘ |
| conflict |
Finnish–Soviet front in World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet–Finnish military operations in World War II
operations against German Army Norway (Armee Norwegen) ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| domain | land warfare ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR
|
| hasRole |
coordination with Soviet Navy units in the north
ⓘ
coordination with other Soviet fronts ⓘ defense of the Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ directing combat operations ⓘ offensive operations against Finnish and German forces ⓘ operational command of front-level forces ⓘ planning military operations ⓘ |
| hasTask |
protection of Kirov Railway
ⓘ
protection of Murmansk approaches ⓘ support of Arctic convoys through related ground operations ⓘ |
| hierarchicalLevel | front-level command ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| location |
East Karelia
ⓘ
surface form:
Karelian region
Northern Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Front of the Eastern Front (World War II)
|
| militaryBranch |
Red Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
|
| notableCommander |
Kirill Meretskov
ⓘ
Valerian Frolov ⓘ |
| partOf | Red Army ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Karelian Front ground forces
ⓘ
coordination with Leningrad Front ⓘ coordination with Northern Fleet ⓘ operational sector between Ladoga and the Arctic ⓘ |
| selectionBy | Soviet political and military leadership ⓘ |
| startTime | 1941 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | high ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Soviet High Command
ⓘ
Stavka ⓘ |
| theater | Northern theater of operations ⓘ |
| typeOfPosition | senior command ⓘ |
| usedInWar |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Patriotic War
World War II ⓘ |
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