Battle of Smolensk (1941)
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The Battle of Smolensk (1941) was a major early Eastern Front engagement in World War II, where Soviet forces mounted a significant defensive and counteroffensive effort that slowed the German advance toward Moscow.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
→
military engagement → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
→
surface form: "Smolensk pocket (1941)"
|
| belligerent |
Red Army
→
Wehrmacht → |
| characterizedBy |
Soviet counteroffensives
→
encirclement battles → heavy casualties on both sides → |
| combatant |
Germany
→
USSR NERFINISHED → |
| commander |
Fedor von Bock
NERFINISHED
→
Georgy Zhukov → Heinz Guderian → Hermann Hoth NERFINISHED → Semyon Budyonny → Semyon Timoshenko → |
| conflictIn | World War II → |
| conflictType | land battle → |
| countryInvolved |
Nazi Germany
→
Soviet Union → |
| effect |
bought time for Soviet defenses before Battle of Moscow
→
slowed German advance on Moscow → |
| endDate | 1941-09-10 → |
| followedBy | Battle of Moscow → |
| front | Eastern Front → |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to delay that prevented Germans from capturing Moscow before winter 1941–1942 → |
| involvedUnit |
Army Group Centre
→
surface form: "German Army Group Centre"
Soviet Central Front → Red Army Reserve Front →
surface form: "Soviet Reserve Front"
Western Front (Red Army) →
surface form: "Soviet Western Front"
|
| location |
Russian SFSR
NERFINISHED
→
Smolensk → Soviet Union → |
| notableFor |
first major Soviet defensive success in slowing German blitzkrieg on Eastern Front
→
large-scale encirclement of Soviet forces → |
| operation | German Army Group Centre offensive → |
| partOf |
Eastern Front
→
surface form: "Eastern Front (World War II)"
Operation Barbarossa → |
| precededBy | initial phase of Operation Barbarossa → |
| primaryAxisOfAdvance | Moscow → |
| result |
German operational victory
→
Soviet strategic success in delaying German advance → |
| startDate | 1941-07-10 → |
| strategicObjective | German advance toward Moscow → |
| theatre | European theatre of World War II → |
| timePeriod |
August 1941
→
July 1941 → September 1941 → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Smolensk pocket (1941)"
subject surface form: "Soviet Western Front"
this entity surface form: "Battle of Smolensk (supporting northern flank)"