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Battle at Borodino Field 1941

Battle at Borodino Field
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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date13 October 1941 – 18 January 1942Wikidata
Year1941Wikidata P580 (start time)
EraWorld War II era (1939–1945)derived from year
LocationRussiaNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentEuropeNatural Earth
War / conflictBattle of MoscowWikidata P361
Coordinates55.5086, 35.8211Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle at Borodino Field was a part of the Battle of Moscow, on the Eastern Front of World War II. While referring to the battle in Russian, the Borodino Field is actually more commonly applied rather than just Borodino, cf. Georgy Zhukov ("...this division [32nd] was forced to cross the arms with the enemy on the Borodino Field...").

At noon on 13 October 1941, German Junkers and Messerschmitt aircraft appeared over the Borodino Field, site of the climactic 1812 French-Russian clash. On 16 October, severe fighting broke out in the center of Borodino Field. Subsequently, the Germans managed to take the field. The Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery was burnt and the Borodino Museum suffered damage. Borodino Field was freed by the 82nd Soviet Rifle Division during the Russian counter offensive.

Reportedly, Col. Victor Polosukhin of the Red Army, whose unit was on Borodino Field, looked in on the museum shortly before it was damaged. He signed the visitors' guestbook and under "Purpose of Visit" wrote "I have come to defend the battlefield".

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle at Borodino Field (revision 1377931657), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.

Location

55.5086, 35.8211 · Russia

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