Moscow Defence Zone

Barricades on a Moscow street, in autumn-winter of 1941.

The Moscow Defence Zone was a front of the Red Army during World War II, to defend Moscow from the German advance.^[1] It was set up on 2 December 1941 to manage the troops of 24th and 60th Armies and part of the anti-aircraft defences.

History

Moscow defence zone was established on December 2, 1941. It controlled the army for the defence of Moscow in the 24th and 60th army battalion.

Fronts of the Red Army in World War II

1938–40	Northwestern Belorussian Ukrainian Far Eastern

June 1941	Northern Northwestern Western Southwestern Southern Far Eastern

Mid-war	Karelian Leningrad Volkhov Kalinin Central Bryansk Moscow Defence Zone Moscow Line of Defence Moscow Reserve Front Maritime Group of Forces Reserve Oryol Kursk Voronezh Don Stalingrad Southeastern Steppe North Caucasian Transcaucasian Caucasian Crimean

Late war	1st Baltic 2nd Baltic 3rd Baltic 1st Belorussian 2nd Belorussian 3rd Belorussian 1st Ukrainian 2nd Ukrainian 3rd Ukrainian 4th Ukrainian Transbaikal 1st Far Eastern 2nd Far Eastern

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