Battle of Vyazma–Bryansk

Battle Vyazma— Bryansk
	Part of Eastern Front (World War II)
	; The frontline on the Eastern Front (1941)
Date	September 30-October 30, 1941
Location	Vyazma and Bryansk, Soviet Union near Moscow
Result	German victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Fedor von Bock; Günther von Kluge; Hermann Hoth; Erich Hoepner; Adolf Strauss; Georg-Hans Reinhardt	Ivan Konev; Semyon Budyonny; Georgy Zhukov; Mikhail Lukin
Strength
46 infantry divisions; 1 cavalry division; 14 armored divisions; 8 motorized infantry divisions; 6 security divisions; 1 SS cavalry brigade; Total:; 1,929,406 soldiers*	84 rifle divisions; 1 rifle brigade; 9 cavalry divisions; 3 motorized divisions; 13 tank brigades; Total:; 1,250,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
unknown	67 rifle divisions; 6 cavalry divisions; 7 armored divisions; 1,242 tanks; 5,412 guns; 663,000 prisoners
	Not all German soldiers participated in the offensive.;

The twin battles of Vyazma and Bryansk were a military confrontation during World War II on the German-Soviet front. They began under the code name Operation Typhoon on September 30, 1941, with the attack of the German Army Group Centre against the Soviet Western, Reserve and Bryansk Front. The goal of the German offensive was the destruction of the formations of the Red Army before Moscow and subsequently the capture of the city itself. Despite initial successes of the Wehrmacht, which was able to encircle and destroy large parts of the Soviet defenders at Vyazma and Bryansk, the advance stalled by October 30, 1941, in the autumn mud and the strengthening Soviet resistance. Only after more than two weeks could it resume the offensive with the onset of frost weather and thus open the Battle of Moscow.