Schematic plans · World War II (Eastern Front)
Battle of Moscow
- 30 September – 8 January 1942
- 2 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 2 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
Bars in the attacker's colour:GermanyUSSR
Losses in these engagements
- Germany
- 338,300 lostin 2 engagements
- USSR
- 1,024,000 lostin 2 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Defense of Moscow | 30 Sept – 4 Dec | Ger Ag Center1,100,000 men | Sov Western Ag(+)1,372,000 men | 253,000 / 885,000 | USSR won |
| 2. | Moscow Counteroffensive | 5 Dec – 8 Jan | Sov Kalinin Ag(+)1,060,300 men | Ger Ag Center880,000 men | 139,000 / 85,300 | USSR won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.