Mozhaisk defensive line

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive line
fortification system
builtBy Red Army
builtUnderCommandOf Soviet High Command
surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)
conflict Battle of Moscow
World War II
surface form: 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 SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
location west of Moscow
namedAfter Mozhaisk
near Mozhaisk
notableEvent German Army Group Centre offensive
surface form: German offensive Operation Typhoon
opposedBy Wehrmacht
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

Moscow defense zone
purpose defense of Moscow
delay German advance
region Moscow Oblast
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

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Battle of Moscow defensiveFeature Mozhaisk defensive line