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The Bryansk Front was a Front (i. A Front (фронт was a major Military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an Army group in the military terminology of other countries e. a military formation of roughly Army Group size) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. An army group is a Military organization consisting of several field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries.

General Andrei Yeremenko was designated commander of the Front when it first formed in mid-late August 1941, comprising, in Erickson's words, 'on paper two armies, 50th and 13th, with eight rifle divisions each, three cavalry divisions, and one tank division but many of these formations were badly whittled down by battle losses'. Two other armies from Soviet Central Front, 21st and 3rd, that had avoided encirclement, were promised but also badly worn down. The Central Front was a Front (ie a military formation of roughly Army Group size of the Soviet Army during the Second World War.

In late August along with the Western and Reserve Fronts it launched a large but failed counteroffensive in the Smolensk, El'nia, and Roslavl regions to halt Army Group Centre's advance on Moscow. Smolensk (Смоленск is a city in western Russia, located on the Dnieper River, the administrative centre of Smolensk Oblast. Army Group Center (Heeresgruppe Mitte was the name of two distinct German strategic Army groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II Despite some success by Reserve Front at El'nia, the efforts by Bryansk Front were a failure.

On its second formation in mid-late 1941 under Cherevichenko, it was only active for about six months, being redesignated Voronezh Front on 7 July 1942. The Voronezh Front (Воронежский Фронт was a front (military subdivision of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War By the time of Operation Blau, the German summer offensive of 1942, the Front comprised the 3rd, 13th, 40th, 48th Armies, the 5th Tank Army, and the 2nd Air Army. Case Blue ( Fall Blau) was the German codename used by the German Armed Forces ( Wehrmacht) for its 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern The 3rd Army was an important Soviet Red Army field formation during World War II. The 40th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was a army -level command active from 1941 to 1945 and then again from 1979 to circa 1990 The 5th Guards Tank Army was a Soviet Guards armoured formation which fought in many notable actions during World War II. [1] Reformed; disbanded 11/12 March 1943 and HQ became HQ Kursk Front after a short time expecting to be HQ, and basis of new Reserve Front.

It was later reformed, and by the time of the Battle of Kursk the Front consisted of the 11th, 3rd, 4th Tank, 61st, and 63rd Armies. The Battle of Kursk (Курская битва refers to a series of German and Soviet operations on the Eastern Front of World War II The 3rd Army was an important Soviet Red Army field formation during World War II. The 63rd Army of the Soviet Union 's Red Army was formed in July 1942 by the order of Headquarters Red Army Supreme Command № 994110 by renaming Stavka's 5th Colonel General Markian Popov led it to liberate its namesake town in August and September 1943. Markian Mikhailovich Popov (Маркиан Михайлович Попов (1902-1969 was a Soviet military commander Army General (26 Reformed from Orel Front 28 March 1943. On 10 October 1943 the STAVKA incorporated most of the Front's forces into the 1st Belorussian Front (former Central) and used Bryansk Front's HQ to form HQ Baltic Front, which then became 2nd Baltic Front. Stavka (Ставка was the term used to refer to command element of Armed forces from the time of the Kievan Rus′, more formally during the history The 1st Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Belarusian Front) was a Front of the

On 1 October 1944 the 2nd Baltic Front consisted of:

Commanders

First Formation

Second Formation

References and Sources

  1. ^ Axis History Forum :: Oob Fall Blau, June 28 1942
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