주코프는 회고록에서, "적은 피해에도 아랑곳없이 모든 수단을 동원하여 모스크바로 진격하기 위해 정면공격을 행했다."고 밝혔다.[27] 독일군의 노력에도 불구하고 다중방어선은 소련군의 피해를 감소시켜 16군은 천천히 후퇴했고 방위선을 돌파하려는 독일군을 지속적으로 괴롭혔다.
Zhukov recalled in his memoirs that "The enemy, ignoring the casualties, was making frontal assaults, willing to get to Moscow by any means necessary."[59] Despite the Wehrmacht's efforts, the multi-layered defense reduced Soviet casualties as the Soviet 16th Army slowly retreated and constantly harassed the German divisions which were trying to make their way through the fortifications.ParaCrawl Corpus ParaCrawl Corpus