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The Eastern Front was a theatre of World War II which primarily involved combat between the nations and allies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.Combat in the Eastern Front began with the two powers remaining peaceful towards each other, with the annexation of countries such as Albania and portions of Poland by Germany and its allies, and the annexation of Finland and the rest of Poland by ...
The Eastern Front concluded with the capture of Berlin, followed by the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender on 8 May, a day that marked the end of the Eastern Front and the War in Europe. The battles on the Eastern Front of World War II constituted the largest military confrontation in history. [9]
Sinyavino (1941) & (1942) — separate failed Soviet attempts to relieve Leningrad Suvorov (1943) — recapture of Spas-Demensk, El’nia, Roslavl’, and Smolensk. Uranus (1942) — successful Soviet encirclement of German Sixth Army in Stalingrad .
This category includes sub-categories and articles which reference events, organisations, societies and individuals that occurred, participated in or are notable for influencing military outcomes in fighting between the Axis forces and those of Finland from 22 June 1941 to 11 May 1945 on the territories of the USSR, Finland, Poland, Rumania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Norway, Germany ...
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 19] during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945.The Allied powers (including the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union) fought the Axis powers (including Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy) on both sides of the continent in the Western and Eastern fronts.
The Initial Period of War on the Eastern Front, 22 June – August 1941: Proceedings of the Fourth Art of War Symposium, Garmisch, October 1987 (Cass Series on Soviet Military Experience, 2), edited by Colonel David M. Glantz, Routledge (1997) ISBN 978-0-7146-4298-7; Stumbling Colossus: The Red Army on the Eve of World War (1998) ISBN 0-7006-0879-6
Die Ostfront 1943/44 – Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten [The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts]. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg [Germany and the Second World War] (in German). Vol. VIII. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. ISBN 978-3-421-06235-2. Fritz, Stephen (2011).
Eastern Front 1941–1945 Map Guide: Includes three Eastern Front maps and two scenarios. Released on December 16, 2008. Released on December 16, 2008. Stalingrad 1942 : Was to be released as 2 separate scale maps.