Battle of Moscow
October 2, 1941 – January 7, 1942
Result Soviet victory
October 1941-January 1942 campaign on a 600 km sector of the Eastern Front in which the Soviet defense thwarted Germany's attack on Moscow, a primary Axis objective. Germany's Operation Typhoon called for pincer advances north and south of Moscow plus a direct western advance; Soviet forces countered by building three defensive belts around the city.
Battles 1
October 2–21, 1941
Key commanders
Axis 11
Adolf Hitler
belligerent leader
Hermann Göring
military commander
Wilhelm Keitel
military commander
Alfred Jodl
military commander
Fedor von Bock
military commander
Albert Kesselring
military commander
Franz Halder
military commander
Günther von Kluge
military commander
Walther von Brauchitsch
military commander
Maximilian von Weichs
military commander
Heinz Guderian
military commander
Allies 9
Joseph Stalin
belligerent leader
Georgy Zhukov
military commander
Konstantin Rokossovsky
military commander
Ivan Konev
military commander
Semyon Budyonny
military commander
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
military commander
Boris Shaposhnikov
military commander
Semyon Timoshenko
military commander
Andrey Yeryomenko
military commander