Central Front

Central Front
Active	July 24 – August 25, 1941 February 15 – October 20, 1943
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Army Group Command
Size	Several Armies
Engagements	World War II First Battle of Smolensk Third Battle of Kharkov Battle of Kursk Operation Kutuzov Battle of the Dnieper
Commanders
Notable commanders	Fyodor Kuznetsov Mikhail Yefremov Konstantin Rokossovsky

The Central Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War formed on July 24, 1941.^[1]

The Central Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first entity existed for just a month during the German invasion of 1941, before it was annihilated. A year and a half later, the name was revived for the second creation, which existed for about eight months in 1943, until it was incorporated into the Belorussian group of Fronts and renamed accordingly.