Battle of Moscow
October 2, 1941 – January 7, 1942 · Moscow
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.
Allies
Axis
Other
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
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Units
Bryansk Front
Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)
Western Front (Soviet Union)
16th Army (Soviet Union)
19th Army (Soviet Union)
1st Shock Army
20th Army (Soviet Union)
22nd Army (Soviet Union)
29th Guards Combined Arms Army
30th Army (Soviet Union)
13th Army (Soviet Union)
24th Army (Soviet Union)
31st Army (Soviet Union)
32nd Army (Soviet Union)
33rd Army (Soviet Union)
3rd Army (Soviet Union)
43rd Army
49th Combined Arms Army
50th Army (Soviet Union)
5th Guards Combined Arms Army
1st Airborne Corps (Soviet Union)
1st Guards Cavalry Corps
106th Rifle Division (1941 formation)
108th Rifle Division
112th Rifle Division
113th Rifle Division
119th Rifle Division
11th Guards Rifle Division
121st Rifle Division
126th Rifle Division
129th Rifle Division
12th Guards Rifle Division
130th Rifle Division
134th Rifle Division
137th Rifle Division
140th Rifle Division
143rd Rifle Division
144th Rifle Division
148th Rifle Division
149th Rifle Division
152nd Rifle Division
154th Rifle Division
155th Rifle Division
158th Rifle Division
160th Rifle Division (1940 formation)
160th Rifle Division (1941 formation)
162nd Rifle Division
166th Rifle Division
170th Rifle Division
178th Rifle Division
183rd Rifle Division
185th Rifle Division
18th Guards Motor Rifle Division
194th Rifle Division
19th Motor Rifle Division
211th Rifle Division
214th Rifle Division
217th Rifle Division
220th Rifle Division
222nd Rifle Division
229th Rifle Division
234th Rifle Division
238th Rifle Division
239th Rifle Division
242nd Rifle Division
243rd Rifle Division
244th Rifle Division
246th Rifle Division
247th Rifle Division
248th Rifle Division
249th Rifle Division
250th Rifle Division
251st Rifle Division
252nd Rifle Division
256th Rifle Division
258th Rifle Division
260th Rifle Division
2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
303rd Rifle Division
307th Rifle Division
309th Rifle Division
312th Rifle Division
316th Rifle Division
322nd Rifle Division
323rd Rifle Division
324th Rifle Division
325th Rifle Division
326th Rifle Division
328th Rifle Division
329th Rifle Division
32nd Rifle Division
330th Rifle Division
331st Rifle Division
332nd Rifle Division
334th Rifle Division
336th Rifle Division
338th Rifle Division
340th Rifle Division
342nd Rifle Division
346th Rifle Division
348th Rifle Division
350th Rifle Division
352nd Rifle Division
354th Rifle Division
356th Rifle Division
358th Rifle Division
359th Rifle Division
365th Rifle Division
371st Rifle Division
373rd Rifle Division
375th Rifle Division
379th Rifle Division
385th Rifle Division
387th Rifle Division
411th Rifle Division
413th Rifle Division
415th Rifle Division
50th Rifle Division
53rd Rifle Division
5th Guards Rifle Division
5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
7th Guards Rifle Division
8th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
91st Rifle Division
93rd Rifle Division (1936–1942)
9th Guards Rifle Division
201st Guards Military Base
752nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
Operational Group Ermakov
Army Group Centre
2nd Army (Wehrmacht)
9th Army (Wehrmacht)
Panzer Group 2
Panzer Group 3
4th Army (Wehrmacht)
4th Panzer Army
IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
VII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
XIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
XXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
XXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
XXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
112th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
15th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
162nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
17th Panzer Division
197th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
19th Panzer Division
1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
225th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
252nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
255th Infantry Division
262nd Infantry Division
29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
Luftflotte 2
Luftflotte 4
Battles 1
- Battle of Bryansk October 2–21, 1941 · German victory
Before and after
- Led to
- Rzhev–Vyazma Offensive January 8 – April 20, 1942
Related events
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Battle of Moscow