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1st Baltic Front

FieldValue
unit_name1st Baltic Front
image1szy nadbałtycki.jpg
captionStandard of the 1st Baltic Front
dates12 October 1943 – 1945
countrySoviet Union
branch[[File:Red Army flag.svg23px]] Red Army
typeArmy group
roleCo-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in the Baltic, North Poland and East Prussian regions
size3 Armies
battlesOperation Bagration
Baltic Offensive
East Prussian offensive
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Memel
notable_commandersHovhannes Bagramyan

Baltic Offensive East Prussian offensive Siege of Leningrad Battle of Memel 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 was formed by renaming the Kalinin Front on 12 October 1943, and took part in several important military operations, most notably Bagration in the summer of 1944. The 1st Baltic Front also assisted in lifting the siege of Leningrad on 27 January 1944, as well as in Operation Samland, at that time known as the Samland Group, captured Königsberg in April 1945.

Composition

As of 23 June 1944, the First Baltic Front consisted of the following units and their commanders:

Baltic Front, led by front commander Army General Hovhannes Bagramyan

4th Shock Army, led by General-Lieutenant Pyotr Malyshev

Leaders

Commander

  1. Army General Andrey Yeremenko (October – 19 November 1943)
  2. Army General Ivan Bagramyan (19 November 1943 – February 1945)

Military Commissar

  1. Lieutenant General Dmitry Leonov (October 1943 – November 1944)
  2. Lieutenant General Mikhail Rudakov (November 1944 – February 1945)

Chief of Staff

  1. Colonel General Vladimir Kurasov (October 1943 – February 1945)

References

References

  1. Jukes. Stalin's Generals, p. 30
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