Soviet–German front line

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The Soviet–German front line was the vast and shifting Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union fought some of the largest and bloodiest battles in history.

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instanceOf military front
theatre of war
alsoKnownAs Eastern Front
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
casualties tens of millions of military and civilian deaths
characteristic extreme casualties
highly mobile and shifting
site of large-scale land battles
climateCondition harsh winters
rasputitsa mud seasons
closedBy German surrender on Eastern Front
conflict World War II
endDate 1945-05-09
frontLength thousands of kilometers
includedBranch Axis allied forces
Luftwaffe
Soviet Air Forces
Soviet partisan forces
involvedIdeology Nazism
Soviet communism
location Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union
logisticalChallenge long supply lines
poor infrastructure
notableBattle Battle of Berlin
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Bagration
Siege of Leningrad
Vistula–Oder Offensive
notableOperation Case Blue
Operation Citadel
Operation Typhoon
openedBy Operation Barbarossa
partOf Eastern Front of World War II
primaryForces Red Army
Wehrmacht
result Soviet advance to Berlin
liberation of Eastern Europe from Nazi occupation
startDate 1941-06-22
strategicImportance decisive theatre in defeat of Nazi Germany
typeOfWarfare combined arms operations
total war
warCrimeContext Holocaust in occupied Soviet territories
massacres of civilians
prisoner of war atrocities

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Commander of the Western Front (Red Army) associatedWith Soviet–German front line