Unternehmen Taifun
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Unternehmen Taifun, or Operation Typhoon, was Nazi Germany’s 1941 military offensive aimed at capturing Moscow during World War II.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Unternehmen Taifun (1941) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German military operation
ⓘ
World War II battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| characteristic |
heavy casualties on both sides
ⓘ
large-scale encirclement operations ⓘ |
| commander |
Fedor von Bock
NERFINISHED
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Heinz Guderian ⓘ Hermann Hoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| endDate | 1941-12-05 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soviet counteroffensive near Moscow ⓘ |
| front | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Operation Typhoon
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Unternehmen Taifun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Unternehmen Taifun (1941)
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| historicalSignificance |
end of German expectation of quick victory over the Soviet Union
ⓘ
turning point in German advance toward Moscow ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
2nd Panzer Army
ⓘ
3rd Panzer Army ⓘ
surface form:
3rd Panzer Group
German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ
surface form:
4th Panzer Group
Army Group Centre ⓘ Red Army Bryansk Front ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Bryansk Front
Red Army Reserve Front ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Reserve Front
Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Western Front
|
| location |
Moscow Oblast
ⓘ
surface form:
Moscow region
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
| objective | capture of Moscow ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Georgy Zhukov
ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ |
| outcome | halt of German advance on Moscow ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front of World War II
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| precededBy | initial phase of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| reasonForFailure |
logistical overstretch
ⓘ
onset of Russian winter ⓘ stiff Soviet resistance ⓘ |
| result |
German failure
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Soviet defensive victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1941-10-02 ⓘ |
| target | Moscow ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
November 1941
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October 1941 ⓘ early December 1941 ⓘ |
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Unternehmen Taifun (1941)