Stavka

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Stavka was the high command of the Soviet armed forces during World War II, responsible for overall strategic direction and coordination of military operations.

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instanceOf Soviet military high command
wartime supreme command
alsoKnownAs Stavka VGK
Stavka of the Supreme High Command
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
chairperson Joseph Stalin
country Soviet Union
dissolved after World War II
fieldOfWork military strategy
operational command
strategic planning
follows Soviet General Staff pre-war command system
hasMember Aleksandr Vasilevsky NERFINISHED
Alexander Novikov NERFINISHED
Boris Shaposhnikov
Georgy Zhukov
Joseph Stalin
Kliment Voroshilov
Nikolai Kuznetsov NERFINISHED
Semyon Timoshenko
hasPart People's Commissariat of Defense
Soviet General Staff
representatives at fronts
hasRole allocation of reserves
approval of operational plans
coordination of fronts
coordination of military operations
coordination with Allies
overall strategic direction of armed forces
headquartersLocation Moscow
inception 1941
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
leader Joseph Stalin
location Moscow
mainOpponent Axis powers
German Wehrmacht
originalLanguageName Ставка Верховного Главнокомандования
partOf Soviet Armed Forces
positionHeldBy Joseph Stalin as Supreme Commander-in-Chief
replaces pre-war Soviet high command structure
responsibleFor Soviet strategic offensives on Eastern Front
coordination of fronts and fleets
defense planning in 1941–1942
shortName Stavka
significantEvent World War II
subordinateTo State Defense Committee
timePeriod Great Patriotic War
usedBy Red Army
Soviet Air Forces
Soviet Navy


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