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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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Front of World War II canonical	158
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.

Soviet 9th Army → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Donets Basin defensive operation → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Erwin König → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Vatutin → theatreOfWar → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

subject surface form: Nikolai Vatutin

Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Stalingrad area → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Konstantin Kurochkin → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Sinyavino offensives → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko → historicalContext → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

subject surface form: Babi Yar (poem)

this entity surface form: World War II on the Eastern Front

Baltic Offensive → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 → associatedWith → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War

Rzhev → hasHistoricSignificance → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II Eastern Front

4th Tank Army → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Battle of Różan (1939) → front → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Western Front (Red Army) → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Deep operation → usedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II Eastern Front

For the Motherland → notableDuring → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War

Uman–Botoșani offensive → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Kuzma Podlas → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Bat → usedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Polish armed forces in World War II → engagedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Vilnius Uprising (1944) → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Battle of Krasnobród (1939) → front → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Battle of Perekop (1944) → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Crimean Peninsula returned to Soviet control → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Soviet 1944 spring offensives → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Battle of the Dukla Pass → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Operation Barbarossa southern sector → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Axis advance into Bessarabia and northern Black Sea region → relatedTo → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

German occupation of Kharkov → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

6th Army → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

6th Army → historicalRegionOfActivity → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–German front

Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 9 May 1945 → historicalContext → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War

Carpathian operations → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Carpathian operations → front → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–German front

Battle of Sevastopol (1944) → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Carpathian-Dukla Offensive → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Operation Gate of Dawn → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Battle of Włocławek → hasFront → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Moravian–Ostrava offensive → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko → participantIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

subject surface form: Andrei Grechko

Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Soviet World War II campaign medals → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War

Uman pocket → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ

Battle of Brody (1941) → conflictIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ