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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. A military organization is a way of structuring the armed forces of a State as a need to offer Military capability required by the National defence policy The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya An army group is a Military organization consisting of several field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods It should not to be confused with the more general usage of military front, describing a geographic area in wartime.

An interesting and important distinction between the two is that a Soviet front typically has its own organic tactical fixed-wing Army-sized air force. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. This Air Army is directly subordinated to the Front commander (typically a ground commander). An Air Army was a large military formation comprising several corps or divisions in the forces of the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire before during and after the Second World War The entire front might report either to STAVKA or a TVD, or Teatr Voennykh Deistvii— Theatre of Military Operations. 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 See also American theater of operations Theatres of Military Operations ( Russian: Театр военных действий (ТВД See also American theater of operations Theatres of Military Operations ( Russian: Театр военных действий (ТВД

The Soviet fronts were first raised during the Russian Civil War and were activated for the Polish-Soviet War of 1920, Soviet-Finnish War of 1937, Invasion of Poland in 1939, and during Second World War. The Winter War (Talvisota Советско-финляндская война - official Зимняя война - unofficial Vinterkriget began when the The Invasion of Poland (1939 precipitated World War II. It was carried out by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small German-allied 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

During WW2 and the Cold War, fronts and their staffs were integrated with various Military Districts, or became "Group of Soviet Forces in the Warsaw Pact organisation. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Military districts are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army which are responsible for a certain area of territory Groups of Soviet forces were large peacetime administrative units of the Soviet Army, stationed in Warsaw Pact countries The Warsaw Pact (see Nomenclature) was an organization of Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. It should be noted that not all Military Districts could form a Front, and some do not have an organic Air Army.

List of Soviet Fronts in the Russian Civil War

The fronts created during the Russian Civil War were later known as the Ist formation fronts. The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed

List of Soviet fronts in World War II

The degree of change in the structure and performance of individual fronts can only be understood when seen in the context of the Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II. See Western Front (disambiguation for other meanings Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World The Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II were major military events on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, commonly conducted by at least

Soviet fronts in the European Theatre during the Second World War from 1941 to 1945:

References

  1. ^ Erickson 1975
  2. ^ Glantz, 2005, p. The Western Front was a Front (military subdivision of the Soviet Army, one of the Soviet Army Fronts during the Second World War 495
John Erickson may refer to John Erickson (golfer John Erickson (historian John H David M Glantz (born 11 January 1942 in Port Chester, New York) is an American military historian and the editor of The Journal of The term Army, besides its generalized meaning (see " Army " specifically denotes a major military formation in militaries of various countries including
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