Bryansk pocket

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Eastern Front battle World War II battle military encirclement

The Bryansk pocket was a major World War II encirclement battle on the Eastern Front in 1941, where German forces trapped and destroyed large Soviet armies near Bryansk during the advance on Moscow.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front battle →
World War II battle →
military encirclement →
alsoKnownAs Bryansk encirclement →
belligerent Red Army →
Wehrmacht →
campaign German Army Group Centre offensive →
commander Andrey Yeryomenko NERFINISHED →
Ewald von Kleist →
Heinz Guderian →
conflict World War II →
countryInvolved Nazi Germany →
Soviet Union →
date 1941 →
effect German capture of prisoners →
heavy Soviet casualties →
weakening of Soviet defenses before Moscow →
followedBy Battle of Moscow →
front Eastern Front →
historicalSignificance major encirclement during Operation Barbarossa →
involvedUnit German 2nd Army →
German 2nd Panzer Group →
Soviet 13th Army →
Soviet 3rd Army →
Soviet 50th Army →
location Bryansk Oblast NERFINISHED →
Russian SFSR NERFINISHED →
Soviet Union →
near Bryansk →
militaryOperationType pincer movement →
natureOf encirclement battle →
opponent Soviet Bryansk Front →
Soviet Reserve Front units →
partOf Eastern Front (World War II) →
German invasion of the Soviet Union →
German offensive toward Moscow →
Operation Barbarossa →
precededBy Battle of Smolensk (1941) →
relatedTo Kiev encirclement (1941) →
Vyazma pocket →
result German victory →
strategicObjective advance on Moscow →
destruction of Soviet forces near Bryansk →
tacticalOutcome destruction of several Soviet armies →
encirclement of large Soviet forces →
theater European theatre of World War II →
timePeriod autumn 1941 →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bryansk pocket ("Bryansk encirclement") →
alsoKnownAs
Operation Typhoon →
includedBattle
Vyazma pocket →
relatedEvent
Army Group Centre ("Battle of Vyazma–Bryansk") →
tookPartIn
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