Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942

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World War II Eastern Front operation military campaign

The Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 was a major Red Army campaign that halted and pushed back the German advance near Moscow, marking a crucial turning point on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Moscow counteroffensive of 1941–1942 1
Soviet winter campaign of 1941–1942 1
Soviet winter offensive of 1941–1942 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
surface form: Moscow counteroffensive

Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
surface form: Soviet winter offensive of 1941–1942
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
commander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
distanceOfGermanRetreat_km 100–250 ⓘ
endDate 1942-04-30 ⓘ
followedBy German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
frontInvolved Red Army Bryansk Front ⓘ
surface form: Bryansk Front (Red Army)

Red Army Kalinin Front ⓘ
surface form: Kalinin Front (Red Army)

Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
impact forced German strategic defensive on much of Eastern Front ⓘ
shattered myth of German invincibility ⓘ
location Bryansk area ⓘ
surface form: Bryansk Front area

Kalinin Front ⓘ
surface form: Kalinin Front area

Moscow Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Moscow region

Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front area
objective halt German advance on Moscow ⓘ
push back Army Group Centre ⓘ
operationType counteroffensive ⓘ
opposingCommander Fedor von Bock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Günther von Kluge NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
surface form: Great Patriotic War

World War II ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Moscow ⓘ
Operation Typhoon ⓘ
pushedBack Army Group Centre ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group Centre
relatedOperation Kaluga offensive operation ⓘ
Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation ⓘ
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations ⓘ
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma offensive

Tula offensive operation ⓘ
result German retreat from Moscow outskirts ⓘ
Soviet strategic victory ⓘ
end of German Blitzkrieg phase in the East ⓘ
season winter ⓘ
significance first major strategic defeat of the Wehrmacht in World War II ⓘ
turning point on the Eastern Front ⓘ
startDate 1941-12-05 ⓘ
theater European theatre of World War II ⓘ
weatherCondition heavy snow ⓘ
severe cold ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation → alsoKnownAs → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moscow counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 → alsoKnownAs → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet winter offensive of 1941–1942
Operation Typhoon → followedBy → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → partOf → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet winter campaign of 1941–1942
Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation → partOf → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → precededBy → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ