Red Army Reserve Front

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The Red Army Reserve Front was a Soviet strategic formation in World War II that provided additional defensive and offensive strength on the Eastern Front, particularly during major operations such as the German advance on Moscow.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military formation
front-level formation
operational-strategic command
composition field armies
support units
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union
era World War II
militaryBranch Soviet Ground Forces
surface form: Ground forces of the Soviet Union
notableEngagement German advance on Moscow
operations related to the defense of Moscow
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
partOf Red Army
purpose to provide additional defensive strength on the Eastern Front
to provide additional offensive strength on the Eastern Front
role defensive operations
offensive operations
operational reserve
strategic reserve
side Allies of World War II
Soviet side in the Eastern Front
strategicFunction creation of reserves for counteroffensives
reinforcement of threatened sectors
subordinateTo Stavka of the Red Army
surface form: Soviet High Command

Stavka
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front
typeOfUnit multi-army front

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Operation Typhoon opposingUnit Red Army Reserve Front
Battle of Smolensk (1941) involvedUnit Red Army Reserve Front
this entity surface form: Soviet Reserve Front
Vyazma pocket involvedUnit Red Army Reserve Front
this entity surface form: Soviet Reserve Front
Unternehmen Taifun involvedUnit Red Army Reserve Front
this entity surface form: Soviet Reserve Front
Soviet Volkhov Front formedFrom Red Army Reserve Front
subject surface form: Volkhov Front
this entity surface form: Reserve of the Supreme High Command (Stavka Reserve)
German Army Group Centre offensive opposedBy Red Army Reserve Front