The Reserve Armies were a group of armies formed by the Soviet Union's

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Formed to control the training of newly formed units in the rear areas and provide army level headquarters to reconstitute destroyed armies or to form new armies. The Reserve Armies provided the Soviet High Command with a quickly deployable army headquarters to help stem German breakthroughs in the early part of the war.

1st Reserve Army

*Former 24th Army January 1942. *First Formation redesignated 64th Army July 1942. *Second Formation redesignated

2nd Guards Army The 2nd Guards Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army that fought in World War II, most notably at Stalingrad. History The 2nd Guards Army was formed according to the order of the Staff of the Supreme High Command (Stavka) from O ...

December 1942.

2nd Reserve Army

*First Formation redesignated 1st Guards Army (First Formation) 7 August 1942. *Second Formation redesignated 63rd Army (Second Formation) April 1943.

3rd Reserve Army

*First Formation redesignated 60th Army July 1942. *Second Formation redesignated

2nd Tank Army The 2nd Guards Tank Army () was a large military formation of the Red Army and Soviet Army, later part of the Russian Ground Forces of the Russian Federation. The army was originally formed in early 1943 as the 2nd Tank Army. It was the firs ...

January 1943. *Third Formation redesignated 21st Army July 1943.

4th Reserve Army

*Redesignated 1st Guards Army (Second Formation) 8 December 1942.

5th Reserve Army

*Redesignated 63rd Army July 1942.

6th Reserve Army

*Redesignated 6th Army (Third Formation) July 1942.

7th Reserve Army

*Formed on 28 May 1942 in the STAVKA Reserves. *Redesignated

62nd Army The 62nd Army () was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. History The Army was formed on 28 May 1942 as the 7th Reserve Army, a part of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command. The formation wa ...

July 1942.

8th Reserve Army

*Redesignated

66th Army The 66th Army was a field army of the Red Army. It was established in August 1942 from the 8th Reserve Army. The 66th Army fought to break through to the Volga to the north of Stalingrad during September and October 1942. During Operation Uranus, ...

August 1942.

9th Reserve Army

*Redesignated 24th Army (Fourth Formation) September 1942.

10th Reserve Army

*Redesignated

5th Shock Army The 5th Shock Army was a Red Army field army of World War II. The army was formed on 9 December 1942 by redesignating the 10th Reserve Army. The army was formed two times prior to this with neither formation lasting more than a month before bein ...

December 1942.

Reserve Army Southern Front

*Active in from 5 August 1941 to 25 August 1941. *Redesignated 6th Army (Second Formation) 25 August 1941.

Reserve Army, Black Sea Group of Forces

*Active from 10 January 1943 to 13 February 1943. *Redesignated 12th Army (Third Formation)

References

{{Armies of the Soviet Army Field armies of the Soviet Union