Western Front (Red Army)

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The Western Front (Red Army) was a major Soviet operational-strategic formation responsible for conducting large-scale military operations against German forces on the central sector of the Eastern Front during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet front
World War II military unit
operational-strategic formation
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
alsoKnownAs Zapadny Front
branchOfService Soviet ground forces
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
dateFormed 22 June 1941
disbanded 1945
engagedIn Battle of Moscow
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Belorussian strategic offensive operations
Operation Bagration
Operation Mars
Operation Suvorov
Rzhev–Vyazma operations
Smolensk operation (1943)
formedFrom Western Special Military District
frontSector central sector of the Eastern Front
headquartersLocation Moscow
Smolensk region NERFINISHED
Vyazma
includedUnitType air armies
cavalry corps
combined-arms armies
tank armies
languageOfCommand Russian
militaryBranch Ground forces
notableCommander Dmitry Pavlov NERFINISHED
Georgy Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Semyon Timoshenko
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
opposedFormation Army Group Centre
partOf Red Army
placeFormed Western Special Military District
primaryObjective defend Moscow direction
liberate central Belorussia
push German Army Group Centre westward
role conducting defensive operations
conducting large-scale offensive operations
subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Stavka
theater Eastern Front (World War II)
timePeriod 1941–1945
typeOfCommand operational-strategic level command

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21st Army (Red Army) front Western Front (Red Army)
Battle of Smolensk (1941) involvedUnit Soviet Western Front
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Yakov Dzhugashvili front Western Front (Red Army)
subject linked to: Yakov
Vyazma pocket involvedUnit Soviet Western Front
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Red Army Western Front successor Western Front (Soviet Union)
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Mozhaisk defensive line front Western Front (Red Army)
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations front Western Front (Red Army)
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations involvedUnit Soviet Western Front armies
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Unternehmen Taifun involvedUnit Soviet Western Front
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Operation Mars forceInvolved Soviet Western Front
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
11th Guards Army frontAssignment Western Front (Red Army)
43rd Army subordinateTo Western Front (Soviet)
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Battle of Białystok–Minsk SovietFront Western Front (Red Army)
Battle of Białystok–Minsk encirclementOf Soviet Western Front forces
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Commander of the Western Front (Red Army) partOf Western Front (Red Army)
Orel salient attackedBy Western Front (Red Army)
Orel offensive operation front Western Front (Soviet)
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
13th Army (Red Army) frontAssignment Western Front (Red Army)
Soviet 13th Army frontAssignment Western Front (Red Army)
Western Special Military District convertedInto Western Front (Red Army)
Central sector of the Eastern Front opposedBy Soviet Western Front
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Operation Suvorov frontCommand Western Front (Red Army)
16th Army frontAssignment Western Front (Red Army)
30th Army frontAssignment Western Front (Red Army)
29th Army commandStructure Western Front (Red Army)
33rd Army frontAssignment Western Front (Red Army)
Red Army units notableUnit Western Front (Red Army)
49th Army frontAssignment Western Front (Red Army)
Kaluga offensive operation front Western Front (Red Army)
Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation front Western Front (Soviet)
linked to: Western Front (Red Army)
Tula offensive operation front Western Front (Red Army)