Eastern Front of World War II

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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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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

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evacuation of Tallinn 1941 partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Moonsund Archipelago operations partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Reichenau Order theaterOfOperations Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
1st Tank Army conflict Eastern Front of World War II
12th Army tookPartIn Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Museum of the Unconditional Surrender of Fascist Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 hasMainSubject Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Filipp Golikov participatedIn Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Filipp Golikov militaryConflict Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: World War II on the Eastern Front
Steppe Tank Corps conflict Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet Volkhov Front conflict Eastern Front of World War II
subject surface form: Volkhov Front
Soviet Volkhov Front historicalPeriod Eastern Front of World War II
subject surface form: Volkhov Front
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
State Defense Committee historicalPeriod Eastern Front of World War II
Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben participatedIn Eastern Front of World War II
Bruno Loerzer participantIn Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front in World War II
Rostov defensive operations partOf Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
German summer offensive of 1942 partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Rostov offensive operations partOf Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Battle of Tannenberg Line conflict Eastern Front of World War II
Battle of Tannenberg Line partOf Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller participantIn Eastern Front of World War II
Army corps of the Wehrmacht Heer usedInConflict Eastern Front of World War II
Orden Otechestvennoy Voyny conflict Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Orden Otechestvennoy Voyny awardedDuring Eastern Front of World War II
Battle of the Seelow Heights partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Belgrade Offensive partOf Eastern Front of World War II
The Dawns Here Are Quiet mainSubject Eastern Front of World War II
The Road to Berlin hasSubject Eastern Front of World War II
Tiger II notableEngagement Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front operations
Leningrad Military District playedRoleIn Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: World War II Eastern Front
Defence of the Oder line partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Operation Iskra partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement operatedIn Eastern Front of World War II
Dmitry Medvedev conflict Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Battle of Banská Bystrica theater Eastern Front of World War II
Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron wasIn Eastern Front of World War II
Call of Duty: World at War setting Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet Southern Front conflict Eastern Front of World War II
1941 defensive operations of the Red Army partOf Eastern Front of World War II
1941 defensive operations of the Red Army partOf Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Soviet–German War
Southern sector of the Eastern Front partOf Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Soviet 12th Army conflict Eastern Front of World War II
Battle of Rostov (1941) partOf Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Southwestern Front of the Red Army conflict Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Southwestern Front of the Red Army theaterOfOperations Eastern Front of World War II
Taipaleenjoki river partOf Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Eastern Front of World War II (broad theater context)
Soviet 18th Army conflict Eastern Front of World War II
Matvei Zakharov notableEvent Eastern Front of World War II
this entity surface form: Soviet–German War