Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation

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World War II military operation military offensive

The Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation was a major Soviet counteroffensive in late 1941–early 1942 that pushed German forces away from Moscow and marked a crucial turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II.

Aliases (1)

Moscow counteroffensive ×1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military operation → military offensive →
aimedAt	Army Group Centre →
alsoKnownAs	Moscow counteroffensive of 1941–1942 →
belligerent	Red Army → Wehrmacht →
commandedBy	Georgy Zhukov → Ivan Konev →
conflict	Eastern Front of World War II →
country	Soviet Union →
endTime	1942-01-07 →
followedBy	Rzhev–Vyazma Strategic Offensive Operation →
historicalPeriod	World War II →
location	Bryansk Front area → Kalinin Front area → Moscow region → Western Front area →
militaryFrontInvolved	Bryansk Front (Red Army) → Kalinin Front (Red Army) → Western Front (Red Army) →
objective	eliminate immediate threat to Moscow → push German forces away from Moscow →
opponent	Nazi Germany →
opposingCommander	Fedor von Bock NERFINISHED → Günther von Kluge NERFINISHED →
partOf	Battle of Moscow → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 →
precededBy	German offensive Operation Typhoon →
pushedBackDistance	100–250 kilometers from Moscow →
result	Soviet victory →
season	winter 1941–1942 →
startTime	1941-12-05 →
strategicSignificance	marked a turning point on the Eastern Front →
theater	Eastern Front →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ("Moscow counteroffensive") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Moscow →	offensiveOperation