Eastern Front

Eastern Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the battle fronts between lands controlled by Germany and land controlled by Russia or the Soviet Union. A contested armed frontier during a war is called a "front". The Eastern Front of World War II was the bloodiest and largest theater of warfare in history.

There is also a Western Front in World War I and World War II.

Read more about Eastern Front:  World War I, World War II

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