BATTLE OF MOSCOW

WHO- SOVIET UNION

• Georgy Zhukov - "Man who did not lose a battle"
• Aleksander Vasilevsky - Marshal of the Soviet Union

WHO- GERMANY

• Heinz Guderian - Father of Blitzkreig
• Albert Kesseling - Commander of Air Forces
• Fedor von Bock - Field marshal for Germany

WHEN, WHAT, WHERE

• October 2, 1941-January 7, 1942
• Land and air forces
• Moscow, Russia - part of Operation Barbarossa

WHY?

• Taking Moscow would collapse the Soviet Union
• One vital part of Operation Barbarossa

OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE

• 28 Russian divisions were put out of action
• 70+ divisions lost 50% or more of their men & equipment
• Germany lost 100,000+ men, 50% of their tanks
• And 1,200+ planes
• Soviet Union won