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Soviet officers in Libavá training center, winter 1985
Soviet officers in Libavá training center, winter 1985

The Central Group of Forces was a Soviet military formation used to control Soviet troops in Central Europe on two occasions: in Austria and Hungary from 1945-55 and troops stationed in Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring of 1968. Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Prague Spring ( Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during

After the end of the Second World War, Soviet High Command reorganized its troops on the territories it liberated from the Nazi occupation and now occupied. German–occupied Europe refers to the countries of Europe which were occupied by the Military forces of Nazi Germany at various times during The directive nr 11097 on 10 June 1945 created several new formations, known as Groups of Forces, equivalent to military district but located outside the Soviet Union. Military districts are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army which are responsible for a certain area of territory Such groups were stationed in Germany (Western Group of Forces), Poland (Northern Group of Forces), and Balkan region (Southern Group of Forces in Romania and Hungary). The Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1949&ndash88 (ГСВГ Группа советских войск в Германии also known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces The Northern Group of Forces was the military formation of the Soviet Army stationed in Poland from the end of Second World War in 1945 until 1993 when The Southern Group of Forces was a Soviet Army formation formed twice following the Second World War, most notably around the time of the Hungarian Revolution Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic

The Central Group of Forces was created around that time to control troops in Austria and Hungary, and did so from 1945 until 1955, when Soviet troops were withdrawn from Austria after the Austrian State Treaty was agreed. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The Austrian State Treaty (Österreichischer Staatsvertrag or Austrian Independence Treaty re-established Austria as a sovereign state On its creation it consisted of the 4th, 5th, and 7th Guards Armies though many formations were quickly withdrawn. The Fourth Guards Army was an elite army headquarters of the Soviet Union during World War II and the postwar era The Red Army 's 7th Guards Army was re-designated from the Soviet 64th Army on April 16, 1943.

The Central Group of Forces was reformed as a legacy of the 1968 Prague Spring events; until that event, Czechoslovakia had had no Soviet troops stationed permanently within its borders. The Prague Spring ( Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during The Central Group of forces had a total strength was about 85,000 and comprised two tank divisions, three mechanized infantry divisions, three missile brigades, an artillery brigade, and an airborne assault brigade. A division is a large Military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to thirty thousand soldiers Four of the five Soviet ground divisions in Czechoslovakia were stationed in the Czech lands (15th Guards Tank Division at Milovice, 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division at Mladá Boleslav, 48th MRD at Vysoké Mýto, and 31st Tank Division at Bruntál), while one was headquartered in Slovakia (the 30th Guards Motor Rifle Division at Zvolen). Milovice is a town in the Czech Republic in the Nymburk District located about 38 km northeast of Prague. Mladá Boleslav (ˈmladaː ˈbolɛslaf German: Jungbunzlau, Hebrew, Latin: Bumsla) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region Vysoké Mýto (ˈvɪsokɛ ˈmito Hohenmauth is a town in the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic. Bruntál (ˈbruntaːl Freudenthal Bruntal Latin: Vallis Gaudiorum, Vrudental) is a town located near the western boundary of Moravian-Silesian Region Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Zvolen ( Hungarian: Zólyom Altsohl is a town in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers close to Group headquarters was located in Milovice (northwest of Prague). Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic.

Following the end of the Cold War, the divisions were withdrawn as follows:


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