The Central Front was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries. A Front was a major military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an army or army group in British or American miltary terminology. ... This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... A military front is an area in which an army or nation expects to do most of its fighting. ...

The Central Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first version was created on July 24, 1941 from the right wing of the forces in the Western Front, including a new designation of the Third Army and the headquarters of the (disbanded) Fourth Army. This Front was encircled and destroyed near Chernigov and formally disbanded on August 25, 1941. The surviving forces transferred to the first version of the Bryansk Front. July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... The Western Front was a military subdivision of the Soviet Army, one of the Soviet Army Fronts during the World War II. The term is not to be confused with the general notion of the front in Western direrection. Categories: Russia-related stubs | Soviet fronts ... The Soviet Third Army was an important Soviet Red Army field division during World War II. The Third Army was created in 1939 in the Special Belorussian Military District as part of Army Group Vitebsk. ... The Soviet Fourth Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that served on the Eastern Front. ... Chernihiv (Чернігів in Ukrainian) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Polish: Czernichów, and Russian: Чернигов, Chernigov. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

The second version of this Front was created on February 15, 1943. It incorporated the headquarters and forces of the Don Front, plus additional reserve armies. It was renamed the Belorussian Front on October 20, 1943. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... The 1st Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Belarusian Front) was a Soviet Army Front during the Great Patriotic War. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Commanders

• Colonel General Fyodor I. Kuznetsov (July 1941-August 1941)
• Lieutenant General M.G. Efremov (August 1941)
• Colonel General Konstantin K. Rokossovsky [promoted to full General in April 1943] (February 1943-October 1943)