Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front operation
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Moscow counteroffensive
Soviet winter offensive of 1941–1942
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
commander Georgy Zhukov
Ivan Konev
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
linked to: Eastern Front
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
distanceOfGermanRetreat_km 100–250
endDate 1942-04-30
followedBy German summer offensive of 1942
frontInvolved Bryansk Front (Red Army)
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 Front area
linked to: Bryansk area

Kalinin Front area
linked to: Kalinin Front

Moscow region
linked to: Moscow Oblast

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

World War II
precededBy Battle of Moscow
Operation Typhoon
pushedBack German Army Group Centre
linked to: Army Group Centre
relatedOperation Kaluga offensive operation
Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation
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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Operation Typhoon followedBy Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive partOf Soviet winter campaign of 1941–1942
linked to: Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive precededBy Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation partOf Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation alsoKnownAs Moscow counteroffensive of 1941–1942
linked to: Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 alsoKnownAs Soviet winter offensive of 1941–1942
linked to: Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh area notableFor Soviet winter offensives
linked to: Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
1941 defensive operations of the Red Army followedBy Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Kaluga offensive operation partOf Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Kaluga offensive operation partOf Moscow strategic offensive operation (1941–1942)
linked to: Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation partOf Moscow strategic offensive operation (1941–1942)
linked to: Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
Klin–Solnechnogorsk offensive operation side Soviet counteroffensive phase of the Battle of Moscow
linked to: Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942