Battle of Kursk Order of Battle is a list of the significant land units that fought in the Battle of Kursk

Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk took place when German and Soviet forces confronted each other on the Eastern Front during World War II in the vicinity of the city of Kursk, in the Soviet Union in July and August 1943. It remains both the largest series of armored clashes, including the Battle of Prokhorovka,...

 between July and August 1943.

2nd Panzer Army (Rudolf Schmidt

Rudolf Schmidt

Rudolf Schmidt was a Panzer General in the German army during World War II who served as the Commander of the 2nd Panzer Army which was a huge armoured formation that operated on the Eastern Front. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...

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• XXXV Corps (Lothar Rendulic
  Lothar Rendulic
  Generaloberst Lothar Rendulic was an Austro-Hungarian and Austrian Army officer of Croatian origin who served as a German general during World War II. He commanded the 14. Infanterie-Division, 52. Infanterie-Division, XXXV Armeekorps, 2. Panzer-Armee, 20...
  
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  • 34th Infantry Division
    34th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 34th Infantry Division, , was a German military unit that fought in the Battle of France and on the Eastern Front during World War II.-Commanding officers:*Generalleutnant Erich Lüdke, 1 April 1936 – 1 October 1937...
    
    
  • 56th Infantry Division
    56th Infantry Division (Germany)
    -History and Organisation:The division was formed in 1939 in Dresden, in the second wave of mobilisation . After taking part in the Invasion of France in 1940, it spent the remainder of its existence on the Eastern Front, mostly with Army Group Centre...
    
    
  • 262nd Infantry Division
  • 299th Infantry Division
    299th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The German 299th Infantry Division was a World War II infantry formation, which fought in France and the Russian Front until February 1945.The 299th Infantry Division was formed in March and April 1940 from men from Hesse and Thuringia. The 299th Infantry Division first saw action in the 1940...
    
    

• LIII Corps (Friedrich Gollwitzer
  Friedrich Gollwitzer
  Friedrich Gollwitzer was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the LIII. corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or...
  
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  • 208th Infantry Division
  • 211th Infantry Division
  • 293rd Infantry Division
  • 25th Panzergrenadier Division
    25th Panzergrenadier Division
    The 25th Panzergrenadier Division fought in the central sector of the Eastern front from June 1943 to July 1944. It was destroyed in the encirclement east of Minsk and reformed in October 1944. It then fought in France between October 1944 and January 1945 and in eastern Germany January to May 1945...
    
    

• LV Corps (Erich Jaschke
  Erich Jaschke
  Erich Jaschke was a General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or...
  
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  • 110th Infantry Division
  • 134th Infantry Division
    134th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 134th Infantry Division was a German division in World War II. It was formed in October 1940.-134...
    
    
  • 296th Infantry Division
  • 339th Infantry Division

• Army Reserve
  • 112th Infantry Division

9th Army (Walther Model)

• XX Corps
  XX Army Corps (Germany)
  -Commanders:* Infantry General Friedrich Materna, October 1940 – 10 September 1942* Artillery General Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, 10 September 1942 – 14 February 1943...
  
   (Rudolf Freiherr von Roman
  Rudolf Freiherr von Roman
  Rudolf Ernst Philipp August Joachim Freiherr von Roman was a German general who commanded several corps during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
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  • 45th Infantry Division
    45th Infantry Division (Germany)
    With the annexation in 1936 of Austria by Nazi Germany, what was once the 4th Austrian Division was incorporated into the Wehrmacht and re-designated the 45.Infanterie-Division...
    
    
  • 72nd Infantry Division
    72nd Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 72nd Infantry Division was created on 19 September 1939 in Trier from Grenz-Division Trier, which was a border security unit. It was destroyed on the Eastern front 25 March 1944 and reformed June 1944.-Commanding officers:...
    
    
  • 137th Infantry Division
  • 251st Infantry Division

• XLVI Panzer Corps (Hans Zorn
  Hans Zorn
  Hans Wilhelm Karl Zorn was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme...
  
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  • 7th Infantry Division
    7th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 7th Infantry Division was a formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was formed 1 October 1934 in Munich from the Artillerieführer VII staff and renamed 7. Infanterie-Division with the disclosure of German rearmament on 15 October 1935...
    
    
  • 31st Infantry Division
    31st Infantry Division (Germany)
    The German 31st Infantry Division, formed in October 1936, was made up of recruits from the Brunswick region of north-central Germany. The division’s emblem was a standing lion. The 31st Division saw combat in Poland in 1939, and then heavy fighting in Belgium and France in 1940...
    
    
  • 102nd Infantry Division
    102nd Infantry Division (Germany)
    -Organisation and history:The division was formed on 15 December 1940 in Wehrkreis II , in the 12th mobilisation wave, using elements of the 8th Infantry Division and the 28th Infantry Division....
    
    
  • 258th Infantry Division

• XLI Panzer Corps (Josef Harpe
  Josef Harpe
  Josef Harpe was a German Generaloberst who served during World War I and World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
  
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  • 18th Panzer Division
  • 86th Infantry Division
  • 292nd Infantry Division
    292nd Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 292nd Infantry Division was a German infantry formation which fought during World War II.-History and organisation:The division was formed on 6 February 1940, in the 8th mobilisation wave, in Wehrkreis II , with the following organisation:*Infanterie-Regiment 507*Infanterie-Regiment...
    
    

• XLVII Panzer Corps (Joachim Lemelsen
  Joachim Lemelsen
  Joachim Hermann August Lemelsen was a German general during the Second World War. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
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  • 2nd Panzer Division
  • 9th Panzer Division
  • 20th Panzer Division
  • 6th Infantry Division

• XXIII Corps
  XXIII Army Corps (Germany)
  German XXIII. Corps was a corps in the German Army during World War II.-Commanders:* Infantry General Erich Raschick, April 1939 – 26 October 1939...
  
   (Johannes Frießner)
  • 216th Infantry Division
    216th Infantry Division (German)
    The 216th Infantry Division was raised in 1939 in Hameln Lower Saxony , from primarily Landwehr in the area surrounding the city of Hannover....
    
    
  • 383rd Infantry Division
  • 78th Assault Division

• Army Reserve
  • 4th Panzer Division
  • 10th Panzergrenadier Division
  • 12th Panzer Division

2nd Army (Walter Weiß

Walter Weiß

General Walter-Otto Weiß was a Wehrmacht High Command officer in World War II. He became Commander in Chief of Army Group North on the Eastern Front in 1945. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...

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• VII Corps
  VII Army Corps (Germany)
  German VII. Corps was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was destroyed in August 1944 during the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive .-Commanders:...
  
   (Ernst-Eberhard Hell
  Ernst-Eberhard Hell
  Ernst-Eberhard Hell was a German general who held several divisional commands and was later elevated to Corps level during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
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  • 26th Infantry Division
    26th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 26th Infantry Division was a pre-Second World war German Infantry Division of the 1st mobilisation wave . It was mobilised for World War II on September 26, 1939, disbanded September 10, 1944 near Radom, reformed as the 26th Volksgrenadier Division The 26th Infantry Division (26....
    
    
  • 68th Infantry Division
  • 75th Infantry Division
    75th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 75th Infantry Division was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 26 August 1939.-75. Infanterie-Division 1939:*Infanterie-Regiment 172*Infanterie-Regiment 202*Infanterie-Regiment 222...
    
    
  • 88th Infantry Division
    88th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 88th Infantry Division of the German Army was created in December 1939, as a unit of the 6th wave of army mobilisation. The 6th wave had much wepons and equipment of Czech origin. In May 1940 the division was tranfered to the west and subsiquesly took part in the later balles in france until...
    
    

• XIII Corps (Erich Straube
  Erich Straube
  Erich Straube was a German general who held several corps level commands during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
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  • 82nd Infantry Division
  • 327th Infantry Division
  • 340th Infantry Division

• Army Group Reserve
  • 5th Panzer Division
  • 8th Panzer Division

4th Panzer Army (Hermann Hoth

Hermann Hoth

Hermann "Papa" Hoth was an officer in the German military from 1903 to 1945. He attained the rank of Generaloberst during World War II. He fought in France, but is most noted for his later exploits as a panzer commander on the Eastern Front...

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• LII Corps
  LII Army Corps (Germany)
  German LII. Corps was a corps in the German Army during World War II. The LII. Armeekorps was destroyed during the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive .-Commanders:...
  
   (Eugen Ott
  Eugen Ott (general)
  Eugen Ott was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
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  • 57th Infantry Division
    57th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 57th Infantry Division was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 26 August 1939 in Landshut.-History:...
    
    
  • 255th Infantry Division
  • 332nd Infantry Division

• XLVIII Panzer Corps (Otto von Knobelsdorff
  Otto von Knobelsdorff
  Heinrich Otto Ernst von Knobelsdorff was a German general who commanded armored Panzer units and served during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
  
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  • 3rd Panzer Division
  • 11th Panzer Division
  • Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland
    Großdeutschland Division
    The Großdeutschland Division was an elite Heer combat unit of the Wehrmacht. The Großdeutschland was considered to be the premier unit of the German Army and as such it was one of best-equipped unit of the German Armed Forces, receiving equipment before all other units.- Early history -...
    
    
  • 167th Infantry Division

• II SS Panzer Corps
  II SS Panzer Corps
  The II SS Panzer Corps was a Nazi German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.- Formation - Kharkov :...
  
   (Paul Hausser
  Paul Hausser
  Paul "Papa" Hausser was an officer in the German Army, achieving the high rank of lieutenant-general in the inter-war Reichswehr. After retirement from the regular Army he became the "father" of the Waffen-SS and one of its most eminent leaders...
  
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  • 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
    1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
    The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler was Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard. Initially the size of a regiment, the LSSAH eventually grew into a divisional-sized unit...
    
    
  • 2nd SS Panzergrenadier Division Das Reich
    2nd SS Division Das Reich
    The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich was a Waffen-SS division during World War II. It is considered to be an elite formation amongst the thirty-eight divisions fielded by the Waffen-SS....
    
    
  • 3rd SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf
    3rd SS Division Totenkopf
    The SS Division Totenkopf , also known as 3. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Totenkopf and 3. SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf, was one of the 38 divisions fielded by the Waffen-SS during World War II. Prior to achieving division status, the formation was known as Kampfgruppe Eicke...
    
    

Army Group Kempf (Werner Kempf

Werner Kempf

General Werner Kempf was a Panzer General in the German army during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ....

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• III Panzer Corps (Hermann Breith
  Hermann Breith
  Hermann Albert Breith was a German general of the Panzertruppe, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme...
  
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  • 6th Panzer Division
  • 7th Panzer Division
  • 19th Panzer Division
  • 168th Infantry Division

• Raus' Corps (Erhard Raus
  Erhard Raus
  Erhard Raus was a Austrian Colonel General during World War II. He commanded the 6th Panzer Division during the early years of the war on the Eastern Front before taking Army and Army Group commands....
  
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  • 106th Infantry Division
    106th Infantry Division (Germany)
    The 106th Infantry Division was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 22 November 1940 in Wahn.-Commanding officers:*General der Infanterie Ernst Dehner, 28 November 1940 – 3 May 1942...
    
    
  • 320th Infantry Division

• XLII Corps (Franz Mattenklott
  Franz Mattenklott
  Franz Mattenklott was a German General der Infanterie during World War II and recipient of the renowned Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross was Nazi Germany's highest award for military gallantry and was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military...
  
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  • 39th Infantry Division
  • 161st Infantry Division
  • 282nd Infantry Division

Army Group Reserve

• XXIV Panzer Corps (Walter Nehring)
  • 5th SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking
  • 17th Panzer Division

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

• Luftflotte 4
  Luftflotte 4
  Luftflotte 4 was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on March 18, 1939 from Luftwaffenkommando Österreich in Vienna. The Luftflotte was redesignated on April 21, 1945 to Luftwaffenkommando 4, and became subordinated to Luftflotte 6. It was the...
  
  (4th Air Fleet) (Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen)
  • VIII Fliegerkorps
    8th Air Corps (Germany)
    VIII. FliegerkorpsFor more details see Luftwaffe Organization was formed 19 July 1939 in Oppeln as Fliegerführer z.b.V. The abbreviation z.b.V. is German and stands for zur besonderen Verwendung . Fliegerführer z.b.V was renamed to VIII. Fliegerkorps on 10 November 1939...
    
     (8th Air Corps)

• Luftflotte 6
  Luftflotte 6
  Luftflotte 6 was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando Ost in Central Russia...
  
  (6th Air Fleet) (Robert Ritter von Greim
  Robert Ritter von Greim
  Robert Ritter von Greim was a German Field Marshal, pilot, army officer, and the last commander of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War.-Early years:...
  
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  • 1. Flieger Division
    1st Air Division (Germany)
    1. Flieger-Division was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II.-Commanding officers:*Oberst Hugo Sperrle, 1 April 1934*Generalleutnant Ulrich Grauert, 1 July 1938 – 24 October 1939...
    
     (1st Air Division)

50th Army (Ivan Boldin)

• 38th Rifle Corps (Alexei Tereshkov)
  • 17th Rifle Division
  • 326th Rifle Division
  • 413th Rifle Division

• 49th Rifle Division
• 64th Rifle Division
• 212th Rifle Division
• 324th Rifle Division
  324th Rifle Division
  The 324th Rifle Division was a Soviet infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. On 6.04.1945 it was part of the 69th Rifle Corps of the 50th Army....
  
  

11th Guards Army

11th Guards Army

The 11th Guards Army was a Soviet field army active from 1943 to 1997, which traces its origins to the formation of the Soviet 16th Army in June-July 1940.-History:...

 (Ivan Bagramyan)

• 8th Guards Rifle Corps
  • 11th Guards Rifle Division
  • 26th Guards Rifle Division
  • 83rd Guards Rifle Division

• 16th Guards Rifle Corps
  • 1st Guards Rifle Division
  • 16th Guards Rifle Division
  • 31st Guards Rifle Division
    31st Guards Rifle Division
    The 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division is a unit of the Russian Ground Forces, within the Far East Military District, formed from the Red Army 31st Guards Rifle Division, an infantry division of World War II which subsequently became a motor-rifle, and ultimately a tank division.-Overview:The...
    
    
  • 169th Rifle Division

• 36th Guards Rifle Corps
  • 5th Guards Rifle Division
  • 18th Guards Rifle Division
  • 84st Guards Rifle Division

• 108th Rifle Division
• 217th Rifle Division

1st Air Army

1st Air Army

The 1st Air Army was an Air Army in the Soviet Air Force which served during World War II. It was formed on May 10, 1942 within the Soviet Western Front, and renamed the 26th Air Army on January 10, 1949 in the Belorussian Military District....

 (Mikhail Gromov)

• 2nd Assault Air Corps
• 2nd Fighter Air Corps
• 8th Fighter Air Corps

Front assets

• 1st Independent Tank Corps (Vasily Butkov)
• 5th Independent Tank Corps (Mikhail Sakhno)

3rd Army (Alexander Gorbatov

Alexander Gorbatov

Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov was a Russian and Soviet officer who served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and as a Colonel-General in the Red Army during the Second World War...

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• 41st Rifle Corps (Viktor Urbanovich)
  • 235th Rifle Division
  • 308th Rifle Division
  • 380th Rifle Division

• 269th Rifle Division
• 283rd Rifle Division
• 342nd Rifle Division

61st Army (Pavel Belov)

• 9th Guards Rifle Corps (Arkady Boreiko)
  • 12th Guards Rifle Division
  • 76th Guards Rifle Division
  • 77th Guards Rifle Division

• 97th Rifle Division
• 110th Rifle Division
  110th Rifle Division
  The 110th Rifle Division, which was formed, dissolved, and re-formed three times, was a formation of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the course of World War II.-History:The division was formed 20.09.1939 года в Sverdlovsk....
  
  
• 336th Rifle Division
• 356th Rifle Division
• 415th Rifle Division

63rd Army

63rd Army (Soviet Union)

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 Reserve Army....

 (Vladimir Kolpakchi

Vladimir Kolpakchi

Vladimir Yakovlevich Kolpakchi was a Soviet General of the Army during the World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union.-References:...

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• 5th Rifle Division
  5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
  The 5th Rifle Division of the Soviet Red Army was initially formed in September 1918 as the 2nd Penza Infantry Division. It was later renamed as the 5th Rifle Division , Saratov , Vitebsk , and 'in the name of the Czechoslovak Proletariat'...
  
  
• 41st Rifle Division
• 129th Rifle Division
• 250th Rifle Division
• 287th Rifle Division
• 348th Rifle Division
• 397th Rifle Division

15th Air Army (Nikolai Naumenko)

• 1st Guards Fighter Air Corps
• 3rd Assault Air Corps

Front Assets

• 25th Rifle Corps
  • 186th Rifle Division
  • 283rd Rifle Division
  • 362nd Rifle Division

• 1st Independent Guards Tank Corps

13th Army

13th Army (Soviet Union)

The 13th Army was a name given to several field armies of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first created during the Russian Civil War...

 (Nikolay Pukhov

Nikolay Pukhov

Nikolay Pavlovich Pukhov - Soviet military commander during World War II, Colonel General. He was the first commander of the 8th Tank Army. During the war he received the highest number of 1-rank awards for the exceptional direction of combat operations: three times Order of Suvorov, two times...

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• 17th Guards Rifle Corps (Andrei Bondarev)
  • 6th Guards Rifle Division
  • 70th Guards Rifle Division
  • 75th Guards Rifle Division
    75th Guards Rifle Division
    The 75th Guards Rifle Division was a Red Army infantry division during World War II and afterwards, which later became the 75th Guards Tank Division and was finally disbanded in the 1990s.-Background:The Division was formed in the Tula area in September 1942 on the basis of units of the 13th...
    
    

• 18th Guards Rifle Corps (Ivan Afonin)
  • 2nd Airborne Guards Rifle Division
  • 3rd Airborne Guards Rifle Division
  • 4th Airborne Guards Rifle Division

• 15th Rifle Corps (Ivan Liudnikov)
  • 8th Rifle Division
    8th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
    The 8th Rifle Division was a military formation of the Soviet Union's Red Army in the Winter War, the Soviet invasion of Poland, and World War II...
    
    
  • 74th Rifle Division
  • 148th Rifle Division

• 29th Rifle Corps (Afanasy Slyshkin)
  • 15th Rifle Division
  • 81st Rifle Division
  • 307th Rifle Division

48th Army (Prokofy Romanenko)

• 42nd Rifle Corps (Konstantin Kolganov)
  • 16th Rifle Division
  • 202nd Rifle Division
  • 399th Rifle Division

• • 73rd Rifle Division
  • 137th Rifle Division
  • 143rd Rifle Division
  • 170th Rifle Division

60th Army (Ivan Chernyakhovsky

Ivan Chernyakhovsky

Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky, also Cherniakhovsky, ; Oksanina, Uman, Russian Empire , - Mehlsack, today Pieniężno, Poland, 18 February 1945) was a Soviet General of the Army , twice Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, who died from wounds received outside...

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• 24th Rifle Corps
  • 42nd Rifle Division
  • 112th Rifle Division

• 30th Rifle Corps
  • 121st Rifle Division
  • 141st Rifle Division
  • 322nd Rifle Division

• Independent 55th Rifle Division

65th Army (Pavel Batov

Pavel Batov

Pavel Ivanovich Batov was a senior Red Army general during the Second World War and afterwards....

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• 18th Rifle Corps
  • 69th Rifle Division
  • 149th Rifle Division
  • 246th Rifle Division

• 27th Rifle Corps
  • 60th Rifle Division
  • 193rd Rifle Division

• 37th Guards Rifle Division
• 181st Rifle Division
• 194th Rifle Division
• 354th Rifle Division

70th Army (Ivan Galanin)

• 28th Rifle Corps (Aleksandr Nechaev)
  • 132nd Rifle Division
  • 211th Rifle Division
  • 280th Rifle Division

• 102nd Rifle Division
• 106th Rifle Division
• 140th Rifle Division
• 162nd Rifle Division
• 354th Rifle Division

2nd Tank Army (Alexei Rodin)

• 3rd Tank Corps
• 16th Tank Corps

16th Air Army (Sergei Rudenko

Sergei Rudenko (general)

Serhi Gnatovich Rudenko was a Soviet Marshal of the Aviation.-Early life:...

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• 3rd Bombing Air Corps
• 6th Mixed Air Corps
• 6th Fighter Air Corps

6th Guards Army

6th Guards Army (Soviet Union)

The 6th Guards Army was a Soviet Guards formation which fought against Germany during World War II under the command of General Ivan Mikhailovich Chistiakov...

 (Ivan Chistiakov)

• 22nd Guards Rifle Corps
  • 67th Guards Rifle Division
  • 71st Guards Rifle Division
  • 90th Guards Rifle Division
    90th Guards Rifle Division
    The 90th Guards Rifle Division was a Soviet infantry division of the Second World War.The division traces its history back to 8 September 1941 when the 325th Rifle Division was formed in the Orel Military District...
    
    

• 23rd Guards Rifle Corps
  • 51st Guards Rifle Division
  • 52nd Guards Rifle Division
  • 375th Rifle Division

• Independent 89th Guards Rifle Division

7th Guards Army (Mikhail Shumilov)

• 24th Guards Rifle Corps (Nikolai Vasilev)
  • 15th Guards Rifle Division
  • 36th Guards Rifle Division
  • 72nd Guards Rifle Division

• 25th Guards Rifle Corps (Gany Safiulin)
  • 73rd Guards Rifle Division
  • 78th Guards Rifle Division
  • 81st Guards Rifle Division

• Independent 213th Rifle Division

38th Army

38th Army (Soviet Union)

The 38th Red Banner Army of was a field army of the Soviet Union that existed between 1941 and 1991.The army headquarters was formed in July 1941 by redesignation of the staff of 8th Mechanised Corps.On 1 May 1945, the army was part of 4th Ukrainian Front...

 (Nikandr Chibisov

Nikandr Chibisov

Colonel General Nikandr Evlampievich Chibisov was a Soviet military commander and Hero of the Soviet Union .-See also:*...

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• 50th Rifle Corps
  • 167th Rifle Division
  • 232nd Rifle Division
  • 340th Rifle Division

• 51st Rifle Corps (Petr Avdeenko)
  • 180th Rifle Division
  • 240th Rifle Division

• Independent 204th Rifle Division

40th Army

40th Army (Soviet Union)

The 40th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was an army-level command active from 1941 to 1945 and then again from 1979 to circa 1990.It was first formed, after Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, had commenced, from elements of the 26th and 37th Armies under the command...

 (Kirill Moskalenko

Kirill Moskalenko

Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A member of the Soviet Army who fought in both the Russian Civil War and World War II, he later served as Commander in Chief of Strategic Missile Forces and Inspector General for the Ministry of Defense.-Biography:Moskalenko was born...

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• 47th Rifle Corps
  • 161st Rifle Division
  • 206th Rifle Division
  • 237th Rifle Division

• 52nd Rifle Corps (Frants Perkhorovich)
  • 100th Rifle Division
  • 219th Rifle Division
  • 309th Rifle Division

• Independent 184th Rifle Division
  184th Rifle Division
  The 184th Red Banner Rifle Division was a Soviet Red Army division during World War II . It was with 29th Rifle Corps of Eleventh Army on June 22, 1941, as part of the Baltic Military District. Most of the soldiers rebelled and joined the cause of the Lithuanian Activist Front...
  
  

69th Army (Vasily Kriuchenkin)

• 48th Rifle Corps (Zinovy Rogozny)
  • 107th Rifle Division
  • 183rd Rifle Division
  • 307th Rifle Division

• 49th Rifle Corps
  • 111th Rifle Division
  • 270th Rifle Division
    270th Rifle Division
    The 270th Rifle Division was a Red Army infantry division formed twice during World War II, in 1941 and 1942. After World War II it became a motor rifle division and became part of the Russian Ground Forces after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991....
    
    

1st Tank Army (Mikhail Katukov

Mikhail Katukov

Marshal of the Armored Troops Mikhail Efimovich Katukov served as a commander of armored troops in the Red Army during and following World War II. He is viewed as one of the most talented Soviet armor commanders.-Pre-War:...

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• 6th Tank Corps (Andrey Getman)
• 31st Tank Corps
• 3rd Mechanized Corps

2nd Air Army

2nd Air Army

The 2nd Air Army was a formation of the Aviation of the Red Army as part of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Second World War...

 (Stepan Kravsovsky)

• 1st Bombing Air Corps
• 1st Assault Air Corps
• 4th Fighter Air Corps
• 5th Fighter Air Corps

Front Assets

• 35th Guards Rifle Corps
  • 92nd Guards Rifle Division
  • 93rd Guards Rifle Division
  • 94th Guards Rifle Division

• Independent 2nd Guards Tank Corps
  2nd Guards Tank Corps
  The 2nd Tatsinskaya Guards Tank Corps was a Red Army armoured formation that saw service during World War II on the Eastern Front. After the war it continued to serve with Soviet occupation forces in Central Europe. It was originally the 24th Tank Corps...
  
  
• Independent 3rd Guards Tank Corps

5th Guards Army (Alexei Zhadov)

• 32nd Guards Rifle Corps (Aleksandr Rodimtsev)
  • 13th Guards Rifle Division
    13th Guards Rifle Division
    The 13th Guards Rifle Division was a Soviet Union Red Army infantry division that served with distinction during the Second World War.-Formation:The unit's origin lies with the 87th Rifle Division, a pre-war division, which was established in 1929...
    
    
  • 66th Guards Rifle Division
    66th Guards Rifle Division
    The 66th Guards Rifle Division was a formation of the Red Army and later of Ukrainian Ground Forces.After October 1999, full name of the Division became 66th Guards Mechanized Bukovyna, Poltava Red Banner Division of the 38th Army Corps of the Western Operational Command of the Armed Forces of...
    
    
  • 6th Airborne Guards Rifle Division

• 33rd Guards Rifle Corps (Iosif Popov)
  • 95th Guards Rifle Division
  • 97th Guards Rifle Division
    97th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
    The 97th Mechanized Brigade was a rifle, and then a motor-rifle division of the Soviet Union's Army, before becoming a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, based in Slavuta in western Ukraine....
    
    
  • 9th Airborne Guards Rifle Division

• Independent 42nd Guards Rifle Division
• Independent 10th Tank Corps
  10th Tank Corps (Soviet Union)
  The 34th Tank Division was a formation of the Red Army and Soviet Ground Forces that was formed twice.-First formation:The first formation was with 8th Mechanized Corps in June 1941. The formation began to be formed on June 4, 1940...
  
  

5th Guards Tank Army

5th Guards Tank Army (Soviet Union)

The 5th Guards Tank Army was a Soviet Guards armoured formation which fought in many notable actions during World War II.The 5th Guards Tank Army was formed on 10 February 1942. Its organisation varied throughout its history, but in general included two or more Guards Tank Corps and one or more...

 (Pavel Rotmistrov

Pavel Rotmistrov

Chief Marshal of Armoured Troops Pavel Alexeyevich Rotmistrov was a commander of armoured troops in the Red Army during and following World War II.-Pre-War:...

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• 5th Guards Mechanized Corps
• 29th Tank Corps

5th Air Army

5th Air Army

The 5th Air Army was the Russian Air Force's smallest Air Army, with the headquarters located in Yekaterinburg, its zone of responsibility being the Volga-Ural Military District, on the border between Europe and Asia...

 (Sergei Goriunov)

• 7th Mixed Air Corps
• 8th Mixed Air Corps
• 3rd Fighter Air Corps
• 7th Fighter Air Corps