Eastern Front
1941–1945 World War II theater
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Summary
Eastern Front is a war front[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of war front entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,104 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Soviet Union[3]
- Instance of: war[4]
- Named after: French invasion of Russia[5]
- Location: Soviet Union[6], Central Europe[7], Eastern Europe[8], Europe[9], Northern Europe[10], Balkans[11]
- Part of: Eastern European theatre of World War II[12], German-Russian wars[13]
- Commons category: Eastern Front (World War II)[14]
- Has part(s): Siege of Leningrad[15], Battle of Stalingrad[16], Battle of Moscow[17], Battle of Kursk[18], Battle of Berlin[19], Vienna offensive[20], Battle for Narva[21], Crimean Campaign[22], Battle of Smolensk[23], Frontier battles of Operation Barbarossa[24], Battle of Kiev[25], Battle of Uman[26], Battle of the Caucasus[27], Battle of Rzhev[28]
- Target: Soviet occupation zone of Germany[29]
- Start time: June 22, 1941[30]
- End time: May 7, 1945[31], January 21, 1955[32]
- Participant: Nazi Germany[33], Soviet Union[34], Allies of World War II[35], Yugoslav Partisans[36], Finland[37], Kingdom of Romania[38], Hungary[39], Fascist Italy[40], Slovak Republic[41], Francoist Spain[42], Spanish Republican government in exile[43]
- Significant event: Speech by V. M. Molotov on the radio on June 22, 1941[44], Stalin's speech on the radio on 3 July 1941[45], Operation Barbarossa[46], German Instrument of Surrender[47], death of Adolf Hitler[48], Battle of Stalingrad[49], Battle of Kursk[50], Battle of Berlin[51], Soviet partisans[52]
- Has cause: Nazism[53], racism[54], Lebensraum[55], anti-communism[56]
- Topic's main category: Category:Eastern Front (World War II)[57]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[58]
- Has immediate cause: Operation Barbarossa[59]
- Has effect: Soviet Union[60], Central Europe[61], Eastern Europe[62], Baltic region[63], Balkans[64], Czechoslovakia[65], Hungarian People's Republic[66], Polish People's Republic[67], Socialist Republic of Romania[68], German Democratic Republic[69], Cold War[70], Iron Curtain[71]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Eastern Front include Peak Pobeda, Sakha[72], a mountain[73], in Russia[74] and Victory Square[75], a square[76], in Belarus[77].
Why It Matters
Eastern Front has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[78] It is known by 145 alternative names across languages and contexts.[79]
Entities named for it include Peak Pobeda, Sakha[72], a mountain[73], in Russia[74] and Victory Square[75], a square[76], in Belarus[77].