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
Soviet–German front	6
World War II on the Eastern Front	5
World War II Eastern Front	4
Eastern Front in World War II	2
Eastern Front operations	2
Eastern Front 1941–1945	1
Eastern Front of World War II (broad theater context)	1
European front of World War II	1
German-Soviet front in World War II	1
Great Patriotic War 1941–1945	1
Soviet-German War	1
Soviet–German War on the Eastern Front	1
Soviet–German front in Eastern Europe	1
World War II Eastern Front operations	1

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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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

Museum of the Unconditional Surrender of Fascist Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 → hasExhibitsOn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 29, 1942 → historicalContext → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

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 ⓘ

Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 10 October 1943 → historicalPeriod → 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 ⓘ

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