Battle of Moscow

Battle of Moscow
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
December 1941. Soviet troops in winter cloths and on skis, supported by tanks, counter-attack German forces.
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 made the Germans unable to 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.