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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Front (Red Army) canonical | 22 |
| Soviet Western Front | 5 |
| Western Front (Soviet) | 3 |
| Soviet Western Front armies | 1 |
| Soviet Western Front forces | 1 |
| Western Front (Soviet Union) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2613355 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Western Front (Red Army) Context triple: [21st Army (Red Army), front, Western Front (Red Army)]
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Northern Front (Soviet Union)
The Northern Front (Soviet Union) was a World War II Red Army formation responsible for defending the northwestern USSR, including the approaches to Leningrad, in the early stages of the German invasion.
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Soviet Far Eastern Front
The Soviet Far Eastern Front was a major Red Army formation responsible for defending and conducting offensive operations in the Soviet Union’s Far East, including the 1945 campaign against Japanese forces in Manchuria.
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Soviet Central Front
The Soviet Central Front was a major Red Army formation on the Eastern Front of World War II, notable for its key defensive and offensive role during the Battle of Kursk and subsequent operations against German forces.
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Soviet Southern Front
The Soviet Southern Front was a major Red Army formation on the Eastern Front of World War II, responsible for defending and conducting operations in the southern sector of the Soviet–German front, including in the Donbass region.
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Soviet Stalingrad Front
The Soviet Stalingrad Front was a major Red Army operational formation responsible for defending and then counterattacking around Stalingrad during one of World War II’s most decisive battles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Western Front (Red Army) Target entity description: 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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Northern Front (Soviet Union)
The Northern Front (Soviet Union) was a World War II Red Army formation responsible for defending the northwestern USSR, including the approaches to Leningrad, in the early stages of the German invasion.
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B.
Soviet Far Eastern Front
The Soviet Far Eastern Front was a major Red Army formation responsible for defending and conducting offensive operations in the Soviet Union’s Far East, including the 1945 campaign against Japanese forces in Manchuria.
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C.
Soviet Central Front
The Soviet Central Front was a major Red Army formation on the Eastern Front of World War II, notable for its key defensive and offensive role during the Battle of Kursk and subsequent operations against German forces.
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Soviet Southern Front
The Soviet Southern Front was a major Red Army formation on the Eastern Front of World War II, responsible for defending and conducting operations in the southern sector of the Soviet–German front, including in the Donbass region.
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Soviet Stalingrad Front
The Soviet Stalingrad Front was a major Red Army operational formation responsible for defending and then counterattacking around Stalingrad during one of World War II’s most decisive battles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet front
ⓘ
World War II military unit ⓘ operational-strategic formation ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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| alsoKnownAs | Zapadny Front ⓘ |
| branchOfService |
Soviet Ground Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet ground forces
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| 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 ⓘ Belorussian strategic offensive operation ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Bagration
Operation Mars ⓘ Operation Suvorov ⓘ Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations ⓘ
surface form:
Rzhev–Vyazma operations
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) ⓘ
surface form:
Smolensk operation (1943)
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| 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 of World War II
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surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
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| timePeriod | 1941–1945 ⓘ |
| typeOfCommand | operational-strategic level command ⓘ |
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Subject: Western Front (Red Army) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (33)
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