Tikhvin Defensive Operation

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World War II battle military operation

The Tikhvin Defensive Operation was a World War II Soviet military campaign in late 1941 aimed at halting the German advance east of Leningrad and securing vital supply routes to the besieged city.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tikhvin offensive operation	2
Tikhvin Defensive Operation canonical	1
Tikhvin defensive operation	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aimedAgainst	Operation Barbarossa (Northern sector) ⓘ surface form: German Army Group North offensive
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
campaign	Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation ⓘ surface form: Leningrad campaign
conductedBy	Soviet Northwestern Front ⓘ
conflict	Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
consequence	contributed to survival of Leningrad ⓘ stabilization of Soviet front east of Leningrad ⓘ
countryInvolved	Germany ⓘ
date	1941 ⓘ
defendingForce	Red Army ⓘ
front	Eastern Front ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Ladoga region ⓘ surface form: Volkhov River region
location	Leningrad Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ Tikhvin ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	German Army ⓘ Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ
objective	halt German advance east of Leningrad ⓘ prevent German encirclement of Leningrad from the east ⓘ secure supply routes to Leningrad ⓘ
opponent	Army Group North ⓘ surface form: German Army Group North Wehrmacht ⓘ
opposedAdvanceDirection	eastward from Leningrad toward Tikhvin ⓘ
partOf	Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation ⓘ Siege of Leningrad context ⓘ
relatedTo	Siege of Leningrad ⓘ Tikhvin Offensive Operation ⓘ
result	German advance halted near Tikhvin ⓘ Soviet defensive success ⓘ supply routes to Leningrad preserved ⓘ
strategicImportance	maintaining land communications with Leningrad ⓘ protecting rail and road links to Leningrad ⓘ
supplyRole	protection of supply routes to besieged Leningrad ⓘ
theater	Northern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1941 ⓘ
typeOfAction	defensive operation ⓘ
war	World War II ⓘ

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Subject: Tikhvin Defensive Operation
Description of subject: The Tikhvin Defensive Operation was a World War II Soviet military campaign in late 1941 aimed at halting the German advance east of Leningrad and securing vital supply routes to the besieged city.

Referenced by (4)

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

Kirill Meretskov → participatedIn → Tikhvin Defensive Operation ⓘ

Battle of Tikhvin → relatedTo → Tikhvin Defensive Operation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tikhvin offensive operation

Battle of Tikhvin → operation → Tikhvin Defensive Operation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tikhvin defensive operation

Battle of Tikhvin → operation → Tikhvin Defensive Operation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tikhvin offensive operation