Red Army Bryansk Front

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The Red Army Bryansk Front was a major Soviet operational formation on the Eastern Front of World War II, notable for its role in defensive and offensive operations against German forces in the central sector.

Aliases (3)
  • Bryansk Front ×30
  • Soviet Bryansk Front ×4
  • Bryansk Front (Red Army) ×2

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
Soviet front
activeDuring Great Patriotic War
allegiance USSR
belligerentSide Allies
Soviet side
conflict Second World War
country Soviet Union
engagedIn operations in central sector of Eastern Front
frontSector central sector of Eastern Front
historicalEra World War II era
languageOfCommand Russian
locationOfHeadquarters Bryansk area
militaryBranch Ground forces
militaryFunction coordination of multiple armies
namedAfter Bryansk region
notableFor defensive operations against German forces
offensive operations against German forces
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
partOf Red Army
role operational formation
theatre Eastern Front
typeOfCommand operational-strategic command
usedDoctrine Soviet deep operations doctrine

Referenced by (13)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
21st Army (Red Army) ("Bryansk Front")
Operation Kutuzov ("Bryansk Front")
Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ("Bryansk Front")
front
Unternehmen Taifun ("Soviet Bryansk Front")
Vyazma pocket ("Soviet Bryansk Front")
involvedUnit
Commander of the Bryansk Front ("Bryansk Front")
appliesToJurisdiction
Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ("Soviet Bryansk Front")
combatant
Voronezh Front ("Bryansk Front")
formedFrom
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ("Bryansk Front (Red Army)")
frontInvolved
Battle of Moscow
involvedMilitaryUnit
Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation ("Bryansk Front (Red Army)")
militaryFrontInvolved
Bryansk pocket ("Soviet Bryansk Front")
opponent
Operation Typhoon
opposingUnit

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