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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Label Occurrences
Eastern Front of World War II canonical 158
Eastern Front (World War II) 29
Great Patriotic War 26

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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Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German War
Gustav Fehn → participantIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Moonsund Landing Operation → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Battle of Memel → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Battle of Velikiye Luki → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Road of Life memorial complex near Saint Petersburg → historicalContext → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Tallinn offensive (1944) → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Muolaa → frontRegion → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Ukraine–Poland → wasSceneOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II Eastern Front
Stavka of the Red Army → usedInConflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Stavka of the Red Army → usedInConflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German War
Adolf Strauss → participantIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
4th Shock Army → locationOfOperations → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German front
Kamenets-Podolsky pocket → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Pyotr Lashchenko → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Pyotr Lashchenko → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Battle of Vyazma → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Europe Central → depicts → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet 6th Army → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Richard Ruoff → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Kursk → associatedWithEvent → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: German-Soviet front in World War II
3rd Mountain Division → tookPartIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front operations
Kurt von der Chevallerie → participantIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Foreign Armies East → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Panzer Operations → timePeriodDescribed → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front 1941–1945
Panzer Operations → setting → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet Reserve Front units → operatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet Reserve Front units → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Soviet Reserve Front units → historicalContext → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–German War on the Eastern Front
Soviet 13th Army → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Izium salient → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet–Finnish border → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: European front of World War II
Soviet 57th Army → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Patriotic War
Andrei Grechko → participantIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Barvinkove → significantEvent → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Hanko Front in World War II → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
XI Army Corps → theater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Bryansk area → playedRoleIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Bryansk Oblast
Shturmovik → frontlineService → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
RS-132 rockets → combatTheater → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: RS-132
Luftwaffe formations → usedInConflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
10th Panzer Division → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Rzhev meat grinder → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Central sector of the Eastern Front → partOf → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
royal Hungarian army → engagedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Joachim Lemelsen → participatedIn → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive → conflict → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
“So It Was” (memoirs) → mainSubject → Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: So It Was