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 the
Second World War
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 ...
.
History
The 2nd Baltic Front was formed on October 20, 1943 as a result of the renaming of the Baltic Front, itself a successor of the
Bryansk Front
The Bryansk Front () was a Front (military formation), major formation of the Red Army during the World War II, Second World War.
First Formation (August - November 1941)
General Andrei Yeremenko was designated commander of the Front when it fi ...
10 days earlier.
From 1 to 21 November 1943, the left wing of the Front took part in the Polotsk–Vitebsk Offensive.
In January-February, the front participated in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive of 1944. During the
Staraya Russa-Novorzhev Offensive
Staraya () is a rural locality (a village) in Krasnoplamenskoye Rural Settlement, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 11 as of 2010.Ostrov,
Pushkinskiye Gory
Pushkinskiye Gory () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Pushkinogorsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pushkinogorye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the d ...
and
Idritsa
Idritsa () is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Sebezhsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Idritsa River, a left tributary of the Velikaya River. Municipally, it is incorporated as Idritsa Urban Settlement, one of the t ...
. In July 1944, the Rezhitsa–Dvinsk Offensive was carried out and the Front advanced 200 km to the west. In August it conducted the
Madona Offensive
Madona (; ) is a town with town rights in the Vidzeme region of Latvia and is the center of the Madona municipality.
History
The surrounding area of Madona had been populated in earlier times, which is confirmed by discoveries of old burial ...
, during which it advanced another 60-70 km along the northern shore of the
Daugava River
The Daugava ( ), also known as the Western Dvina or the Väina River, is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea. The Daugava rises close to the source of ...
and captured the city of
Madona
Madona (; ) is a town with town rights in the Vidzeme region of Latvia and is the center of the Madona municipality.
History
The surrounding area of Madona had been populated in earlier times, which is confirmed by discoveries of old buria ...
, a major junction of railways and highway roads.
In September-October 1944, during the Baltic Offensive, the front troops took part in the Riga Operation and by October 22 reached the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...
near the Memel river, blocking together with the troops of the
1st Baltic Front
The First Baltic Front ( Russian: Пéрвый Прибалтийский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War. It was commanded by Army General Andrey Yeryomenko, succeeded by Army General Bagramyan. It ...
, the German
Army Group North
Army Group North () was the name of three separate army groups of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Its rear area operations were organized by the Army Group North Rear Area.
The first Army Group North was deployed during the invasion of Pol ...
in the
Courland Pocket
The Courland Pocket was a Pocket (military), pocket located on the Courland Peninsula in Latvia on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II from 9 October 1944 to 10 May 1945.
Army Group North of the ''Wehrmacht'' were ...
. Subsequently, until April 1945, they continued the blockade and fought to destroy
Army Group Courland
Army Group Courland () was a Nazi Germany, German Army Group on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front. It was created from remnants of the Army Group North, blockade, isolated in the Courland Peninsula by the advancing Soviet Army for ...
.
On April 1, 1945, the front was abolished and its troops were transferred to the
Leningrad Front
The Leningrad Front () was formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front on August 27, 1941.
History
The Leningrad Front was immediately ...
.
Composition
On 1 October 1944 the 2nd Baltic Front consisted of:
*
3rd Shock Army
The 3rd Shock Army () was a field army of the Red Army formed during the Second World War. The "Shock" armies were created with the specific structure to engage and destroy significant enemy forces, and were reinforced with more armoured and ar ...
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79th Rifle Corps The 79th Rifle Corps () was a rifle corps of the Red Army in World War II that became part of the Soviet Army during the Cold War.
World War II
The corps was formed in July 1943 as a headquarters with no troops assigned, and subordinated to th ...
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150th Rifle Division
The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Berlin-Idritsa Order of Kutuzov Division () of the Russian Ground Forces is a motorized rifle division that was re-instituted in 2016. It is part of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, which was reformed in 2017, in ...
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171st Rifle Division
The 171st Rifle Division was originally formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the North Caucasus Military District on September 18, 1939, based on the ''shtat'' (table of organization and equipment) of that same month. It was in the Kha ...
100th Rifle Corps
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21st Guards Rifle Division
The 21st Guards Rifle Division was an elite infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. It was formed from the 361st Rifle Division on March 17, 1942, in recognition of that division's successes in the attempt to encircle the German 9t ...
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28th Rifle Division
The 28th Rifle Division was a rifle division in the Soviet Union, Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War, World War II and the Cold War.
The history of the division dates from the 2nd Consolidated Rifle Division, which took part in the Ci ...
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200th Rifle Division
The 200th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as part of the prewar buildup of forces, based on the ''shtat'' (table of organization and equipment) of September 13, 1939. After being formed in the far east of ...
29th
29 (twenty-nine) is the natural number following 28 and preceding 30. It is a prime number.
29 is the number of days February has on a leap year.
Mathematics
29 is the tenth prime number.
Integer properties
29 is the fifth primorial prime, ...
, 30,
85th Guards Rifle Division
The 85th Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in April 1943, based on the 2nd formation of the 118th Rifle Division, and served in that role until after the end of the Great Patriotic War. Late during the ...
130th Rifle Corps
Thirteen or 13 may refer to:
* 13 (number)
* Any of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, or 2013
Music Albums
* ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013
* ''13'' (Blur album), 1999
* ''13'' (Borgeous album), 2016
* ''13'' (Brian Setzer album), 2006
* ...
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43rd Guards Rifle Division
The 43rd Guards Rifle Division was an elite Latvian infantry division of the Red Army during World War II.
The division was formed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in October, 1942, based on the 1st formation of the 201st Rifle Divisi ...
37th Rifle Division
The 37th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II.
It served in the North Caucasus Military District; established at Novocherkassk in 1919. In June–July 1939 it was at Omsk preparing for action ...
, 155FR, 118TB
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42nd Army
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures.
Evolution of the Hi ...
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110th Rifle Corps
Eleven or 11 may refer to:
*11 (number)
* One of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011
Literature
* ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn
*''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith
*''Eleven'', ...
168
Year 168 ( CLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Paullus (or, less frequently, year 921 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 168 for thi ...
256th Rifle Division
The 256th Rifle Division was the last of a group of 10 regular rifle divisions formed from cadres of NKVD border and internal troops as standard Red Army rifle divisions, very shortly after the German invasion, in the Moscow Military District. It w ...
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**118FR, 29GTB
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15th Air Army
The 15th Air Army was a military formation of the Soviet Air Forces, active from July 1942 until December 1993.
History
It was formed between 11 July and 15 August 1942, in accordance with the directive of the commander of the Soviet Air Force ...
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14th Fighter Aviation Corps
14 (fourteen) is the natural number following 13 and preceding 15.
Mathematics
Fourteen is the seventh composite number.
Properties
14 is the third distinct semiprime, being the third of the form 2 \times q (where q is a higher prime). ...
Markian Popov
Markian Mikhaylovich Popov (; 15 November 1902 – 22 April 1969) was a Soviet military commander, Army general (Soviet Union), Army General (26 August 1943), and Hero of the Soviet Union (1965).
Early life
Markian Popov was born in 1902 in U ...
(10.43 to 04.1944),
*Army General
Andrey Yeryomenko
Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko (; Ukrainian: Андрій Іванович Єрьоменко; November 19, 1970) was a Soviet general during World War II and Marshal of the Soviet Union. During the war, Yeryomenko commanded the Southeastern Front ...
(04.1944 to 02.1945),
*Marshal
Leonid Govorov
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (; – 19 March 1955) was a Soviet Union, Soviet military commander. Trained as an artillery officer, he joined the Red Army in 1920. He graduated from several Soviet military academies, including the Military Aca ...