Soviet–German front line
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The Soviet–German front line was the vast and shifting Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union fought some of the largest and bloodiest battles in history.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military front
ⓘ
theatre of war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| casualties | tens of millions of military and civilian deaths ⓘ |
| characteristic |
extreme casualties
ⓘ
highly mobile and shifting ⓘ site of large-scale land battles ⓘ |
| climateCondition |
harsh winters
ⓘ
rasputitsa mud seasons ⓘ |
| closedBy | German surrender on Eastern Front ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| endDate | 1945-05-09 ⓘ |
| frontLength | thousands of kilometers ⓘ |
| includedBranch |
Axis allied forces
ⓘ
Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet partisan forces ⓘ |
| involvedIdeology |
Nazism
ⓘ
Soviet communism ⓘ |
| location |
Central Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| logisticalChallenge |
long supply lines
ⓘ
poor infrastructure ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Kursk NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Bagration NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Vistula–Oder Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Case Blue
NERFINISHED
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Operation Citadel NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Typhoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedBy | Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryForces |
Red Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Soviet advance to Berlin
ⓘ
liberation of Eastern Europe from Nazi occupation ⓘ |
| startDate | 1941-06-22 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | decisive theatre in defeat of Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare |
combined arms operations
ⓘ
total war ⓘ |
| warCrimeContext |
Holocaust in occupied Soviet territories
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
massacres of civilians ⓘ prisoner of war atrocities ⓘ |
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