Battle of Moscow
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2 October 1941
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
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Battle of Moscow
The entire Soviet Western Front, nearly destroyed after its encirclement near Vyazma, was being recreated almost from scratch.
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European Theater
THOR mission records show at least 5 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the European Theater on 1941-10-02, flown by RAF. Targets included FRANCE.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Battle of Moscow
Artificial floods were also used as an unconventional weapon of direct impact.
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Battle of Moscow
A Museum of the Defence of Moscow was created in 1995.
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