The eastern front

The eastern front was a zone of conflict in central and eastern Europe during the First World War (1914–18), and in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union during the Second World War (1939–45), in which the German army along with its allies engaged the armies to its east. Notable Second World War battles fought on the eastern front include the battle of Moscow, Operation Barbarossa, and the battle of Stalingrad

Two men dressed in military uniform stand behind a barbed wire, looking into the camera. One wears a bandage around his head, covering one eye

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The Spring Offensive, 1918. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Operation Barbarossa, which began on 22 June 1941, saw more than three million German troops surge into the Soviet Union along a front of more than 1,000 miles. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Soldiers of the Soviet Union

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