The Battle of Moscow was a German-Soviet campaign on the Eastern Front of World War II from 2 October 1941 to 7 January 1942, in which German forces under Operation Typhoon attempted a pincer offensive against Moscow, the Soviet capital. Soviet defensive efforts, followed by a counter-offensive, halted the German advance and forced German armies back, ending in a Soviet victory that ended German hopes of a swift victory over the Soviet Union.
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Battle TypeLarge-scale offensive and defensive battle 1 LocationMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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a Soviet counter-offensive forced German armies back and nearly surrounded three German armies
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2 October 1941 - 7 January 1942
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Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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Eastern Front (World War II) of World War II
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Led By: Georgy Zhukov, Infobox: Commanders (Soviet, Western Front)Quote, Led By: Georgy Zhukov, Infobox: Commanders (Soviet, Western Front)
Georgy Zhukov
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