Central Front

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Central Front was a major Soviet operational formation on the Eastern Front during World War II, notable for its role in key battles such as the Battle of Kursk.


Statements (43)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet front
military formation
belligerentIn Battle of Kursk
operations in the Orel–Kursk sector
conflict Eastern Front (World War II)
Second World War
country Soviet Union
engagedIn defensive battles in summer 1943
subsequent Soviet counteroffensives in 1943
hasPart Soviet field armies
air support from Soviet Air Forces
artillery formations
engineer units
rifle divisions
tank corps
historicalContext Soviet–German War
ideologyOfState communism
languageOfCommand Russian
locationOfOperations Bryansk region NERFINISHED
Kursk salient
Orel sector
central sector of the Eastern Front
militaryBranch Soviet Ground Forces
militaryObjective halt German advances in the central sector
prepare and conduct counteroffensives after Kursk
notableFor defensive operations against Operation Citadel
offensive operations following the Battle of Kursk
operations during the Battle of Kursk
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
partOf Red Army
Soviet fronts on the Eastern Front
role coordination of multiple Soviet armies
operational-level headquarters
side Allies
Soviet Bloc
strategicImportance blunting the main German offensive at Kursk
defense of the central axis toward Moscow
subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Stavka
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front
timePeriod World War II
typeOfCommand operational-strategic command

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Operation Kutuzov
front
Soviet 60th Army
frontAssignment
Don Front
successor

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