Eastern Front of World War II

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front of World War II theater of war

The Eastern Front of World War II was the vast and brutal theater of conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union (along with their allies) that became the largest and bloodiest front of the entire war.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Front (World War II) 29
Great Patriotic War 26
Soviet–German War 9

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf front of World War II ⓘ
theater of war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
German-Soviet Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ostfront NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent Bulgarian forces on Allied side (after 1944) ⓘ
Croatia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Czechoslovak units in the Soviet Union ⓘ
Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanian forces on Allied side (after 1944) ⓘ
Slovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
characteristic bloodiest theater of World War II ⓘ
extreme brutality ⓘ
high civilian casualties ⓘ
largest land theater of World War II ⓘ
war of annihilation ⓘ
conflictBetween Allied powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Axis powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1945-05-09 ⓘ
estimatedCivilianDeaths tens of millions ⓘ
estimatedMilitaryDeaths over 10 million ⓘ
followedBy Soviet occupation of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
beginning of the Cold War ⓘ
frontLineLength thousands of kilometers ⓘ
location Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baltic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Kharkov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Kiev (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Kursk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Dnieper NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorOperation Case Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Bagration NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Typhoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Uranus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vistula–Oder Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
precededBy Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet invasion of Poland (1939) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryAxisCommander Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erich von Manstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fedor von Bock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilhelm Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySovietCommander Aleksandr Vasilevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ivan Konev NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent Holocaust in the occupied Soviet territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
mass deportations ⓘ
partisan warfare ⓘ
sieges of major cities ⓘ
result Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisive Allied victory ⓘ
defeat of Nazi Germany ⓘ
startDate 1941-06-22 ⓘ
startedBy Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance absorbed majority of German ground forces ⓘ
decisive in weakening German Wehrmacht ⓘ
key to Allied victory in Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (250)

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7th Guards Army → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
7th Guards Army → operatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German front
7th Guards Army → theaterOfOperations → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German War
Gumbinnen–Goldap offensive → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Battle of Voronezh (1942) → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Commander of the Voronezh Front → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Berlin Defense Area → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
40th Army → notablePeriod → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Battle of Stalingrad Panorama Museum → dedicatedTo → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Battle for the Bukrin bridgehead → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Lyutezh bridgehead crossing → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
XXXV Army Corps → locatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
3rd Celere Division Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta → historicalPeriod → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: 3rd Celere Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta"
this entity surface form: World War II on the Eastern Front
Jány → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Gusztáv Jány
Arrow Cross coup → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II on the Eastern Front
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh area → front → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
European theater → hasPart → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Ivan's Childhood (1962 film) → setDuring → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet 3rd Tank Army → theaterOfOperations → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German front
Siege of Budapest → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Operation Margarethe → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Brest Hero-Fortress Memorial Complex → commemorates → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet 18th Separate Rifle Corps → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Soviet field armies → timePeriod → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Soviet field armies → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet field armies → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German War
Paul Hausser → participantIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
3rd Guards Army → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Kovel → historicalEvent → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II Eastern Front operations
Otto Fönnekold → front → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Reserve Front → theaterOfOperations → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Steppe Military District → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Steppe Military District → relatedTo → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Battle of the Don River (1943) → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Battle of the Don River (1943) → militaryTheater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German War
5th Guards Army → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Felix Steiner → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Orel offensive operation → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
240th Fighter Aviation Regiment → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
240th Fighter Aviation Regiment → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Battle of Tuchola Forest → primaryTheater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Dnieper Offensive → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Battle of Narva (1944) → conflictIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Herbert Loch → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Encirclement of Leningrad from the south and southwest → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Christian Hansen → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ