Ostfront

Meaning

Noun

1. eastern front (a front located to the east of the territory one controls)
2. eastern front (of a building)

Name

1. the German eastern front in either of both World Wars (fighting mainly against Russia / the Soviet Union)
2. any campaign against the Soviet Union or Russia (e.g. during the Cold War or the Ukraine conflict)

Etymology

From Ost + Front.

Sentences

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg war er an der Ostfront im Einsatz .

He served on the Eastern Front during World War II.