Battle of Moscow

Battle of Moscow
	Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
	; December 1941. Fresh forces going to the front from Moscow.
Date	2 October 1941 – 7 January 1942
Location	Moscow region, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Result	Decisive Soviet victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Fedor von Bock; Heinz Guderian; Albert Kesselring	Georgy Zhukov; Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Strength
As of 1 October 1941:; 1,000,000 men,; 1,700 tanks,; 14,000 guns,; Aircraft at first: 549 can be used At time of Counter offensive: 599	As of 1 October 1941:; 1,250,000 men,; 1,000 tanks,; 7,600 guns,; Aircraft at first: 936 (545 can be used) At time of Counter offensive: 1,376
Casualties and losses
280,000-400,000	650,000–1,280,000 (mostly captured)

The Battle of Moscow (Russian: Битва под Москвой, German: Schlacht um Moskau) is a name given by Soviet historians to two periods of fighting on a 600 km area of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between October 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defenses stopped the German attack on Moscow, the Soviet capital, which was one of the Axis's primary military and political objectives in the invasion of the Soviet Union.

The German strategic offensive named Operation Typhoon was planned to attack Moscow from the north and south. The Soviets reacted by sending in more reserve from the Far East. Shortly, German attacks were stopped, and the Soviets began counter-attack and forced to push the Axis back.

Battle Of Moscow Media

The eastern front at the time of the Battle of Moscow: Initial Wehrmacht advance – to 9 July 1941* Subsequent advances – to 1 September 1941* Encirclement and battle of Kiev to 9 September 1941* Final Wehrmacht advance – to 5 December 1941
German armored column advances on the Moscow front, October 1941.
Moscow women dig anti-tank trenches around their city in 1941.
Anti-tank obstacles in a Moscow street, October 1941
German soldiers tend to a wounded comrade near Moscow, November–December 1941.
German mechanized forces move through a hamlet towards Moscow, December 1941.
Red Army ski troops in Moscow. Still from documentary Moscow Strikes Back, 1942.
The Soviet winter counter-offensive, 5 December 1941 – 7 May 1942

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Bergström 2007 p.90.
↑ Williamson 1983, p.132.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Bergström 2007, p. 111.

[Bergstr.C3.B6m-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Bergström 2007 p.90.

[2] Williamson 1983, p.132.

[Bergstr.C3.B6m_2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Bergström 2007, p. 111.

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