33rd Army

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The 33rd Army was a Soviet Red Army field formation that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the defense of Moscow and subsequent offensives against Nazi Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet field army
military unit
activeDuring World War II
allegiance Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
branch Ground forces
commandStructure Stavka-controlled front commands
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union
engagement Battle of Moscow
Belorussian offensive operations
Operation Suvorov
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations

Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
surface form: Smolensk offensive (1943)
frontAssignment Belorussian Front
Kalinin Front
Western Front (Red Army)
historicalEra 20th century
historicalSignificance contributed to halting German advance on Moscow
participated in Soviet counteroffensives toward Germany
locationOfOperations Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
surface form: Belorussian SSR

European part of the Soviet Union
Russian SFSR
militaryBranch Red Army
surface form: Soviet Red Army
notableFor defense of Moscow
offensives against Nazi Germany
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
partOf Red Army
primaryAdversaryIdeology German Nazism
role defensive operations
offensive operations
sideInConflict Allies of World War II
theater Eastern Front
type combined arms army

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Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) subordinateUnit 33rd Army
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front