Operation Barbarossa (Central sector)

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Operation Barbarossa (Central sector) was the main German Army Group Centre offensive during the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, focused on advancing through Belarus toward Moscow.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
axisOfAdvance from German–Soviet border through Belarus toward Moscow ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
campaign German invasion of the Soviet Union ⓘ
characteristic heavy Soviet losses in men and materiel ⓘ
rapid panzer encirclements ⓘ
codenameRelation central axis of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
commandedBy Fedor von Bock ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
German Reich ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
executedBy Army Group Centre ⓘ
followedBy Operation Typhoon ⓘ
front Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
involvedUnit German 2nd Panzer Group ⓘ
German 3rd Panzer Group ⓘ
linked to: 3rd Panzer Group

German 4th Army ⓘ
German 9th Army ⓘ
Soviet Central Front ⓘ
Soviet Reserve Front ⓘ
Soviet Western Front ⓘ
location Belarus ⓘ
western Soviet Union ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Białystok–Minsk ⓘ
Battle of Mogilev ⓘ
Battle of Orsha (1941) ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk (1941) ⓘ
notableCityCaptured Minsk ⓘ
Smolensk ⓘ
objective advance toward Moscow ⓘ
destruction of Soviet forces in Belarus ⓘ
opposedBy Red Army ⓘ
opposedCommander Dmitry Pavlov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
partOf Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
precededBy German–Soviet invasion of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland
primaryDirection eastward ⓘ
result encirclement and destruction of large Soviet forces in the central sector ⓘ
major German territorial gains in Belarus ⓘ
startDate 1941-06-22 ⓘ
strategicImportance main axis of German advance toward Moscow ⓘ
theater European theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod summer 1941 ⓘ

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Operation Barbarossa (Northern sector) → relatedOperation → Operation Barbarossa (Central sector) ⓘ
Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation → opposedBy → German Army Group Centre defenses north-west of Moscow ⓘ
linked to: Operation Barbarossa (Central sector)