The Maritime Group of Forces was a

front Front may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Front'' (1943 film), a 1943 Soviet drama film * ''The Front'', 1976 film Music * The Front (band), an American rock band signed to Columbia Records and active in the 1980s and e ...

of the Red Army during World War II in the Far East. It was split off from the

Far Eastern Front The Far Eastern Front (Russian: Дальневосточный фронт) was a front — a level of military formation that is equivalent to army group — of the Red Army during the Second World War. Early war service Тhe Far Eastern Front was ...

in March 1945 and renamed the 1st Far Eastern Front on 5 August 1945. Its composition included:

1st Red Banner Army The 1st Red Banner Army () was a Red Army field army of World War II that served in the Soviet Far East. Before 1941 The 1st Army was created in July 1938 under the name of the 1st Coastal Army (or, depending on translation, 1st Maritime Army) i ...

, 25th Army, 35th Army,

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, and the 10th Mechanized Corps, located along the boundary line of Guberovo to the border with Korea.

History

It was formed in 1932 as part of the

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. The headquarters of the group was in

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, renamed Voroshilov in 1935. In July 1938, the

was formed from the Maritime Group of Forces The group was reformed as part of the

in July 1943. It originally included the

, 25th Army, 35th Army, 10th Mechanized Corps and the

. The units were based along the boundary line of Guberovo village in

Pozharsky District Pozharsky District (russian: Пожа́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #191-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the northern and northwestern parts of t ...

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to the

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border. On 5 August 1945, it was renamed the

Commanders

Vitovt Putna Vitovt Kazimirovich Putna (russian: Ви́товт Казими́рович Пу́тна, lt, Vytautas Putna; 1893–1937) was a Soviet Red Army officer of Lithuanian origin. A World War I veteran of the Imperial Russian Army and Bolshevik s ...

(February 1932 – July 1934) *

Ivan Fedko Ivan Fyodorovich Fedko (Russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Федько́; July 6, 1897 – February 26, 1939) was a Soviet Komandarm 1st rank and army commander. He was born in what is now the Left-bank Ukraine. He fought in the Imperial Russi ...

(July 1934 – May 1937) *

Mikhail Lewandowski Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky (russian: Левандовский, Михаил Карлович; May 15, 1890 – July 29, 1938) was a Soviet Komandarm 2nd rank. He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army and in the Russian Civil War i ...

(June 1937 – February 1938) *

Kuzma Podlas Kuzma Petrovich Podlas (russian: Кузьма Петрович Подлас) (1893 – 25 May 1942) was a Soviet lieutenant-general who was killed in action in World War II. In Russian Civil War, Podlas was a ''kombrig'' (brigade commander)) in ...

(February–July 1938) *

Filipp Parusinov Fillip Alekseevich Parusinov (November 27, 1893 – October 25, 1973) was a Soviet army group commander. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was promoted to P ...

(July 1943 – July 1945) *

Kirill Meretskov Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov (russian: Кири́лл Афана́сьевич Мерецко́в; – 30 December 1968) was a Soviet military commander. Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, he served in the Red Army from 1920. During th ...

(July – 5 August, 1945)

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