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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