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The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, between October 1941 and January 1942.
The Second Moscow Conference (Codename: Bracelet) between the major Allies of World War II took place from August 12, 1942, to August 17, 1942. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Prelude
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 winter campaign of 1941–1942 from 5 December 1941 to 7 May 1942 was the name given by Soviet military command to the period that marked the commencement of the Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation (better known as the Battle of Moscow).
The entry of the Soviet Union in the war against Japan along with the atomic bombings by the United States led to Japan's surrender, marking the end of World War II. The Soviet Union suffered the greatest number of casualties in the war, losing more than 20 million citizens, about a third of all World War II casualties.
1942, clockwise from top left: British artillery barrage opens the Battle of El Alamein; the Jews of Salonika are rounded up for deportation to extermination camps; Soviet troops of the Great Patriotic War fight the Battle of Stalingrad; USS Lexington (CV-2) under fire at the Battle of the Coral Sea; Reinhard Heydrich's car after attack by Czech resistance; 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking troops ...
Vasili II retained the Duchy of Moscow, but Yury was given the Duchy of Dmitrov. 1432: Muscovite Civil War: Vasili II led an army to capture Dmitrov. His army was defeated and he was forced to flee to Kolomna. Yury arrived in Moscow and declared himself the Grand Prince. Vasili II was pardoned and made mayor of Kolomna. 1433
Operation Kremlin (Fall Kreml in German) was a successful German deception operation against Soviet forces in May to June 1942. The Eastern Front in May–November 1942. The Soviets were tricked by Operation Kremlin into thinking that the Germans would attack Moscow at this time, when instead they attacked in the south.