Mozhaisk defensive line

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defensive line fortification system

The Mozhaisk defensive line was a major Soviet fortification system west of Moscow that played a crucial role in delaying the German advance during the Battle of Moscow in World War II.

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defensive line → fortification system →
builtBy	Red Army →
builtUnderCommandOf	Soviet High Command (Stavka) →
conflict	Battle of Moscow → Second World War →
constructedDuring	1941 →
country	Soviet Union →
front	Western Front (Red Army) →
garrison	Soviet artillery units → Soviet militia units → Soviet rifle divisions →
hasPart	anti-tank obstacles → artillery positions → bunkers → field fortifications → trenches →
historicalSignificance	key element in defense of Moscow in 1941 →
locatedIn	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic →
location	west of Moscow →
namedAfter	Mozhaisk →
near	Mozhaisk →
notableEvent	German offensive Operation Typhoon →
opposedBy	Wehrmacht →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II → Moscow defense zone →
purpose	defense of Moscow → delay German advance →
region	Moscow Oblast NERFINISHED →
result	slowed German advance toward Moscow →
status	partially preserved remnants →
strategicRole	cover main approaches to Moscow from the west →
theater	European theatre of World War II →
timePeriod	World War II →
usedBy	Red Army →
year	1941 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Moscow →	defensiveFeature