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414:, the Oger, on 19 August, but then had to fend off a strong German attack mounted by three divisions with air support. The Soviets slowly moved toward Riga, but the emphasis was shifted south, and the 2nd Baltic Front found itself playing a supporting role from early October as Bagramyan's First Baltic Front raced for the Baltic coastline itself to sever the remaining connection between the German forces in East Prussia and those in Latvia and Estonia. Riga fell on 13 October and the remaining German forces in the area were bottled up in the Courland area.
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were created with the specific structure to engage and destroy significant enemy forces, and were reinforced with more armoured and artillery assets than other combined arms armies. Where necessary the Shock armies were reinforced with mechanised, tank, and cavalry units. During the Second World War,
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The Army's next major effort was as part of the Nevel–Gorodok offensive operation in
October–November 1943. Nevel was taken at the start of the offensive on 6 October 1943. The Kalinin Front had been renamed Baltic Front on 13 October 1943, and under Yeremenko, used two armies on the left flank, the
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Following the
Starorussa–Novorzhev offensive operation (February 1944), the Army's next attack was as part of 2nd Baltic Front's July 1944 offensive: the Rezhitsa–Dvina offensive operation. Beginning on 10 July, 3rd Shock Army had reached the Velikaya River by 12 July, captured the bridges despite
366:. However, the forces available were becoming dangerously thin for the enormous tasks that Stalin was setting them. The Army got no further than Velikie Luki, and was unable to take the town in the face of stiffening German resistance and shortages of food, fuel, and ammunition. Velikie Luki was
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itself was surrounded on 22 January, though it was never taken and was relieved on 5 May. With some success in view, Stalin widened the operation's goals, and with a Stavka directive on 19 January directed 3rd Shock, as part of the wider operation, to head for
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on 27 December 1941 as part of the Moscow counteroffensive. Matters were not improved by the lack of supplies, aggravated by horrible communications; the assault troops did not get a full meal before the offensive due to food shortages.
421:, and the first Soviet attacks started on 16 October. However, by the end of October, it was seen that despite some advances, there was little hope for full success, and the Army was shifted south. 3rd Shock became part of the
406:. The 2nd Baltic Front was now facing central Latvia, and on 2 August 1944 the armies were on the march again, with 3rd Shock tasked to move south of Lake Lubań and on to the south of Madon, but after the Soviet forces seized
901:, T–64Bs (one third of each battalion), and eventually T–64BVs with dynamic armour. In 1984, a decision was made to re–equip the formations with T–80BV variants (10th Guards Tank Division), replacing the T–64s,
872:
151:
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928:(Stendal, East Germany), plus a large number of supporting brigades, regiments, and battalions. In May 1983 it was reorganised, and the 207th Motor Rifle Division was transferred to the
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283:
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278:, and a number of artillery and other units. The Shock Army was also singled out by having its own aviation units attached because of its intended use. These units included the
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972:, but then disbanded. The "out of Germany transfer" directive was issued 15 April 1991, but the Army did not leave until November 1991. The Army headquarters arrived in
306:). However, by the beginning of April, this was reduced to one light–bombing regiment (12 Po–2 aircraft) and three fighter regiments with 12 Polikarpov I–16s in total.
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from 31 December 1944. The Army was placed in the second echelon for the Warsaw–Poznań strategic offensive operation, attacking in the direction of Poznań under
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The headquarters of 60th Army was converted into the headquarters of 3rd Shock Army on 25 December 1941, under the command of
General Lieutenant
729:: 11th highest ranking sniper, senior sergeant, 1232nd Rifle Regiment (370th Rifle Division, 3rd Shock Army, 2nd Baltic Front) (349 confirmed).
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There was an army reorganisation in June 1964 and a number of divisions were switched into and out of the army. It was awarded the
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Feskov et al., Советская Армия в годы «холодной войны» (1945–1991), p. 40, Tomsk: Tomsk
University Press, 2004, and Holm.
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area. This would see the
Soviets astride the routes leading to the rear of Army Group North and cut vital rail links.
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The army kept the descriptive title "shock" until 1954, when it became the 3rd "Red Banner" Combined Arms Army (
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43rd and 49th, to distract the
Germans' attention from his main blow, from the 3rd and 4th Shock Armies against
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410:, some heavy fighting followed with only limited success. 3rd Shock forced a passage over a tributary of the
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Winter
Campaign of 1942–43 (Russian: Зимняя кампания 1942–1943 гг.) (19 November 1942 – 3 March 1943)
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of the
Victory Banner. The Army's active service ended when fighting ceased in Berlin on 8 May 1945.
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124:
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Summer–Autumn
Campaign of 1944 (Russian: Летне–осенняя кампания 1944 г.) (1 June – 31 December 1944)
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Summer–Autumn
Campaign of 1943 (Russian: Летне–осенняя кампания 1943 г.) (1 July – 31 December 1943)
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p.762, Military Encyclopaedic dictionary, Editor in chief C.F. Akhromeyev, Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1986
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General Major from July 1945. General Lieutenant M.F. Bukshtynovich (August 1944 – end of the war).
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968:. The Army was relocated from Germany during 1990–1991. Army headquarters was briefly sent to the
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Winter Campaign of 1941–42 (Russian: Зимняя кампания 1941/42 г.) (5 December 1941 – 30 April 1942)
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1614:"Боевой счет лучших советских снайперов периода Великой Отечественной войны — Журнал "Братишка""
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10th Guards Tank Ural Volunteer Division in the name of Marshal of Soviet Union R. A. Malinovsky
598:
The Army took Pankow, a suburb of Berlin, on 23 April 1945. A week later, two regiments of the
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719:: 3rd highest ranking sniper, Guards senior sergeant, sniper of 59th Guards Rifle Regiment (
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Campaign in Europe during 1945 (Russian: Кампания в Европе 1945 г.) (1 January – 9 May 1945)
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Winter–Spring Campaign (Russian: Зимне–весенняя кампания 1944 г.) (1 January – 31 May 1944)
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Summer–Autumn Campaign (Russian: Летне–осенняя кампания 1942 г.) (1 May – 18 November 1942)
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1703:"7th Guards Kiev-Berlin order of Lenin twice Red Banner order of Suvorov Tank Division"
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for Wehrmacht known as Sychevka and Vyazma battles, not to be confused with the Soviet
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245th Guards Gneznensky Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Regiment (Magdeburg)
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The 3rd Shock Army stayed in Germany after the end of the war, becoming part of the
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332nd Guards Warsaw Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Tank Regiment (Neuruppin)
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on 4 March 1945. The same day, in conjunction with the Polish 1st Army and the
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1883:Вооруженные Силы СССР после Второй мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской
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1935:
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1487:, The Road to Stalingrad, 2003 Cassel Military Paperbacks edition, p.280, 304
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7th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion (Khalershtadt) later Altengrabow
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1203rd, 1728th and 1729th Separate self–propelled assault artillery regiments
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Tank Brigades and 8th Motor Rifle Brigade) (attached from front headquarters)
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347:
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12th Guards Prikarpattiya Berlin Tank Division (Neuruppin) (disbanded 1991)
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was attached in its place. To bring the army's total to four divisions, the
859:. During the 1960s and early 1970s, the Army's divisions were equipped with
362:. Two days later, 3rd Shock was shifted from the North–Western Front to the
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1831:
1805:
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383:
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94:
1944:
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The Soviet Armed Forces after WWII: from the Red Army into the Soviet Army
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1069th Order of the Red Star Anti–Aircraft Missile Regiment (Hillersleben)
610:. A future commander of the Army, V.I. Varennikov, would also command the
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1881:
Feskov, V. I.; Golikov, V. I.; Kalashnikov, K. A.; Slugin, S. A. (2013).
1195:
65th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Hillersleben)
228:
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302nd Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery battalion (Schönebeck)
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298th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery battalion (Schönebeck)
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60th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Altengrabow)
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from Unza to Kosmodemiansk. The rifle divisions were reallocated to the
1165:
153rd Smolensk Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Tank Regiment (Hillersleben)
973:
394:, which was captured that same day. Five days later the Army liberated
163:
1598:
1143:
64th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Neuruppin)
399:
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2191:
884:
453:
407:
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1151:
47th Guards Lower Dnieper Tank Division (Hillersleben)(withdrawn to
1029:
4th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion (Quedlinburg–Quarmbeck)
1940:
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1056:
1044:
58th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Roßlau)
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and its forward units had cut the road between Kholm and Toropets.
180:
167:
1155:, amalgamated in the mid-1990s with the 31st Tank Division as the
1128:
18th Separate Guards Demblin Reconnaissance Battalion (Mahlwinkel)
800:
Brigade Commissioner A.P. Riazanov (December 1941 – February 1943)
449:
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Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner
440:
As the Army moved quickly across Poland in March 1945 during the
391:
351:
1081:
359th Guards Lvov Anti–Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Altengrabow)
1072:
63rd Guards Chelyabinsk–Petrokovskiy Tank Regiment (Altengrabow)
602:, 79th Rifle Corps were responsible for erecting flags over the
1707:
Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991: Organisation and order of battle
910:
395:
333:, but it was getting dangerously separated from its neighbour,
1523:
Erickson, Road to Berlin, 1983, p.313, 319–21, 414, 418, 420–1
502:
In April 1945, the 3rd Shock Army (HQ Stendal) as part of the
390:
the demolition charges laid on them, and moved on to surround
1534:"Rear Services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"
960:
During 1989–91, a past commanding officer of the Army (1969)
906:
902:
898:
820:
General Major A.P. Pokrovskiy (December 1941 – February 1942)
457:
355:
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232nd Separate Protection and Security Battalion (Magdeburg)
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73rd Separate Guards Communications Battalion (Hillersleben)
1134:
136th Separate Guards Demblin Engineer Battalion (Neuruppin)
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1110:
48th Guards Vapnyarsko–Varshavsky Tank Regiment (Neuruppin)
864:
860:
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490th Separate Guards Communications Battalion (Neuruppin)
402:, Latvia) was taken on 26 July 1944, with the help of the
317:(RVGK). However, 3rd Shock was soon allocated to join the
1125:
933rd Upper Dnieper Anti–Aircraft Missile Regiment (Burg)
1069:
62nd Guards Permian–Keletskiy Tank Regiment (Altengrabow)
810:
General Major A.I. Litvinov (March 1943 – end of the war)
622:
207:
in November 1941. Initially, the 60th Army comprised the
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20th Sanitary and Epidemiological Detachmend (Magdeburg)
1251:
451st Separate Anti–Tank Artillery Battalion (Magdeburg)
1189:
1077th Separate Material Supply Battalion (Hillersleben)
1116:
353rd Guards Vapnyarsko–Berlin Tank Regiment (Neuruppin)
1075:
248th Guards Unechskiy Motor Rifle regiment (Schönebeck)
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in January 1992, but was disbanded in early March 1992.
506:
had the following major component formations and units:
1933:
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10th Separate Electronic Warfare Battalion (Stahnsdorf)
1168:
197th Guards Vapynar–Warsaw Tank Regiment (Halberstadt)
1096:
1072nd Separate Material Supply Battalion (Altengrabow)
1032:
146th Separate Guards Communications Battalion (Roßlau)
830:
General Major I.O. Yudintsev (August 1942 – March 1943)
1505:
Baltic Front was very quickly renamed 2nd Baltic Front
1192:
332nd Separate Chemical Defence Company (Hillersleben)
1186:
52nd Separate Guards Engineer Battalion (Hillersleben)
1180:
112th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (Hillersleben)
1078:
744th Guards Ternopil Artillery Regiment (Altengrabow)
956:
47th Guards Tank Division (Hillersleben, East Germany)
227:, and was tasked with fortifying the left bank of the
1266:
457th Separate Radio Relay Cable Battalion (Magdeurg)
1257:
15th Separate Radio Engineering Battalion (Magdeburg)
1254:
254th Separate Radio Engineering Regiment (Cochstedt)
1174:
99th Guards Pomeranian Artillery Regiment (Magdeburg)
1093:
127 Separate Chemical Defence Battalion (Altengrabow)
1087:
152nd Separate Communications Battalion (Altengrabow)
1023:
670th Guards Motorised Artillery Regiment (Cochstedt)
950:
10th Guards Tank Division (Altengrabow, East Germany)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1991
1394:
Major General (Lieutenant General 13 February 1976)
1338:
Major General (Lieutenant General 26 November 1956)
1090:
131st Separate Guards Engineer Battalion (Magdeburg)
723:, 3rd Shock Army, 2nd Baltic Front) (437 confirmed).
329:– began to roll forward, with 3rd Shock approaching
1387:Major General (Lieutenant General 4 November 1973)
1380:Major General (Lieutenant General 8 November 1971)
1331:Lieutenant General (Colonel General 8 August 1955)
1242:
49th Guards Anti–Aircraft Missile Brigade (Planken)
1137:
129th Separate Chemical Defence Company (Neuruppin)
1026:
287th Guards Antiaircraft–missile Regiment (Roßlau)
953:
12th Guards Tank Division (Neuruppin, East Germany)
1263:105th Separate Communications Regiment (Magdeburg)
1140:1074th Separate Material Supply Battalion (Wulkow)
1066:61st Guards Sverdlovsk Tank Regiment (Altengrabow)
1038:165th Separate Chemical Defence Battalion (Roßlau)
794:
242:. On 1 January 1942, the Army was composed of the
2687:Military units and formations established in 1941
1608:
1606:
1463:, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, p. 18
1373:Major General (Lieutenant General 29 April 1970)
1352:Major General (Lieutenant General 13 April 1964)
1041:183rd Separate Material Supply Battalion (Roßlau)
398:after a deep outflanking movement. Rezhitsa (now
2678:
947:7th Guards Tank Division (Rosslau, East Germany)
916:In 1980 the army comprised three divisions: the
606:on 30 April 1945, one of which was known as the
442:Eastern–Pomeranian strategic offensive operation
417:3rd Shock then took part in the blockade of the
235:, which was forming up at the same time nearby.
1230:296th Separate Helicopter Squadron (Mahlwinkel)
1119:200th Guards Fastov Motor Rifle Regiment (Burg)
1603:
1275:2nd Separate Chemical Defence Battalion (Burg)
1198:63rd Separate Medical Battalion (Hillersleben)
1102:188th Separate Medical Battalion (Altengrabow)
897:During the late 1970s, the divisions received
325:However, after a few days the offensive – the
203:(1st formation), which had been formed in the
199:The Army was created from the headquarters of
1919:
1669:"Развертывание новых типов танков в GSFG/WGF"
1641:
1639:
1637:
1635:
1272:36th Łódź Pontoon Bridge Regiment (Magdeburg)
1269:323rd Separate Engineer Battalion (Magdeburg)
444:, it liberated a number of cities, including
1880:
1765:
1227:440th Separate Helicopter Regiment (Borstel)
1224:178th Separate Helicopter Regiment (Borstel)
940:was attached from the 1st Guards Tank Army.
710:
16:Formation of the Soviet Red Army (1941–1954)
1858:"49th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade"
1473:Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, 1941
1218:899th Separate Air Assault Battalion (Burg)
1162:26th Feodosiya Tank Regiment (Hillersleben)
833:General Major M.M. Busarov (March May 1943)
1926:
1912:
1632:
1215:115th Separate Tank Regiment (Quedlinburg)
1035:121st Separate Engineer Battalion (Roßlau)
943:Thus the army had four divisions in 1988:
836:General Major F.A. Zuev (May October 1943)
491:The Army was in the second echelon of the
1204:Formations and units subordinate to Army
1146:208th Separate Medical Battalion (Wulkow)
1047:186th Separate Medical Battalion (Dessau)
1696:
1694:
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1278:42nd Material Supply Brigade (Magdeburg)
1208:792nd Separate Special Purpose Company (
983:
190:
170:formed during the Second World War. The
979:
881:3-я краснознаменная общевойсковая армия
617:
2679:
1003:Tank Regiment (Lutherstadt–Wittenberg)
924:(Hillersleben, East Germany), and the
691:(from October 1944 – 31 December 1944)
623:Campaigns and Operations participation
594:5th and 13th Pontoon Bridging Brigades
1907:
1687:
1514:Erickson, Road to Berlin, 1983, 133–4
1297:
1290:989th Military Hospital (Altengrabow)
1122:117th Artillery Regiment (Mahlwinkel)
850:
685:(14 September 1944 – 24 October 1944)
1700:
1391:(24 January 1973 – 15 November 1974)
1287:1408th Military Hospital (Magdeburg)
1020:40th Motor Rifle Regiment (Bernburg)
994:7th Guards Kiev–Berlin Tank Division
883:). Army headquarters was located in
36:3rd 'Red Banner' Combined Arms Army
1599:http://lenbat.narod.ru/eng/kont.htm
1588:(8 January 1942 – 28 February 1942)
1586:Sychevka-Vyazma Offensive Operation
1349:(11 December 1959 – 11 August 1962)
315:Reserve of the Supreme High Command
186:
13:
1756:Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
1328:(4 December 1950 – 6 January 1954)
1233:36th Missile Brigade (Altengrabow)
964:was the Commander in Chief of the
814:
653:Nevel'–Gorodok offensive operation
634:(9 January 1942 – 6 February 1942)
472:, and on 6 March the unit entered
292:128th Short–range Bombing Regiment
14:
2713:
1398:(15 November 1974 – 21 July 1977)
1370:(18 August 1966 – 29 August 1969)
1342:(29 June 1956 – 11 December 1959)
1321:(11 April 1949 – 4 December 1950)
857:Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
662:Staraya Russa–Novorzhev Offensive
468:. A day later, 3rd Shock entered
105:Velikiye Luki Offensive Operation
1943:
1934:
1855:
1829:
1803:
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1384:(11 June 1971 – 24 January 1973)
1314:(5 October 1948 – 11 April 1949)
755:(September 1942 – November 1943)
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679:(1 August 1944 – 28 August 1944)
476:. On 7 March, 3rd Shock entered
337:. By mid January, 3rd Shock had
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1647:3 Red Banner Combined Arms Army
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1578:
1552:
1377:(29 August 1969 – 11 June 1971)
1335:(6 January 1954 – 29 June 1956)
920:(Krampnitz, East Germany), the
795:Leaders of the Military Council
309:It was initially a part of the
284:728th Fighter Aviation Regiment
280:163rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
2317:Special Red Banner Far Eastern
1526:
1517:
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1444:
1363:(7 July 1965 – 18 August 1966)
1356:(11 August 1962 – 7 July 1965)
1246:385th Guards Artillery Brigade
697:(12 January – 2 February 1945)
646:(November 1942 – January 1943)
437:between 12.1.1945 – 3.2.1945.
1:
1437:
790:(March 1945 – end of the war)
748:(December 1941 – August 1942)
738:
673:(10 July 1944 – 27 July 1944)
843:(October 1943 – August 1944)
762:(November 1943 – April 1944)
484:together with troops of the
276:54th Separate Rifle Brigades
7:
1832:"47th Guards Tank Division"
1806:"12th Guards Tank Division"
1780:"10th Guards Tank Division"
1419:(December 1982 – July 1985)
1412:(July 1979 – December 1982)
1326:Andrey Matveyevich Andreyev
1307:(May 1945 – 5 October 1948)
783:(October 1944 – March 1945)
689:Courland peninsula blockade
585:136th Gun–Artillery Brigade
433:. It then took part in the
175:some Shock armies included
10:
2718:
1560:"ВЕЛИКАЯ ВОЙНА – Бобруйск"
1405:(21 July 1977 – July 1979)
996:(Roßlau) (disbanded 1990)
970:Far East Military District
926:207th Motor Rifle Division
909:and variants, and various
721:21st Guards Rifle Division
2625:
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2418:
2330:
1952:
1485:John Erickson (historian)
934:12th Guards Tank Division
922:47th Guards Tank Division
918:10th Guards Tank Division
880:
711:Notable service personnel
671:Rezhitsa–Dvinsk Offensive
159:
125:East Pomeranian Offensive
87:
77:
69:
61:
53:
45:
23:
1157:3rd Motor Rifle Division
1153:Moscow Military District
1061:Moscow Military District
938:7th Guards Tank Division
827:(February – August 1942)
655:(October– November 1943)
632:Toropets–Kholm Offensive
327:Toropets–Kholm operation
205:Moscow Military District
100:Toropets–Kholm Offensive
1496:Erickson, 2003, p.306-7
892:Order of the Red Banner
807:(February – March 1943)
776:(August – October 1944)
703:(16 April – 8 May 1945)
547:12th Guards Rifle Corps
300:663rd Aviation Regiment
296:621st Aviation Regiment
30:3rd Combined Arms Army
2485:Guards Tank/Mechanized
1701:Holm, Michael (2015).
1055:(Altengrabow) (now at
1017:Tank Regiment (Roßlau)
1010:Tank Regiment (Zerbst)
989:
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644:Velikie Luki offensive
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120:Vistula–Oder Offensive
1744:27 September 2007 at
1237:448th Missile Brigade
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683:Riga Offensive (1944)
588:45th Antitank Brigade
577:207th Rifle Divisions
523:364th Rifle Divisions
504:1st Belorussian Front
493:1st Belorussian Front
431:1st Belorussian Front
423:1st Belorussian Front
252:257th Rifle Divisions
225:11th Cavalry Division
221:360th Rifle Divisions
194:
49:25 December 1941–1992
1620:on 22 September 2008
1566:on 22 September 2008
980:1988 order of battle
966:Soviet Ground Forces
930:2nd Guards Tank Army
618:World War II service
600:150th Rifle Division
559:33rd Rifle Divisions
486:2nd Guards Tank Army
464:, 3rd Shock entered
462:1st Guards Tank Army
374:on 17 January 1943.
160:Третья ударная армия
2697:Soviet Shock Armies
2322:Red Banner Caucasus
1540:on 10 November 2007
1433:(1987–October 1991)
1429:Lieutenant General
1422:Lieutenant General
1415:Lieutenant General
1408:Lieutenant General
1401:Lieutenant General
1375:Valentin Varennikov
1366:Lieutenant General
1359:Lieutenant General
1354:Alexander Klyukanov
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1312:Alexander Luchinsky
887:from January 1946.
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744:General Lieutenant
591:25th Sapper Brigade
319:North–Western Front
311:Moscow Defense Zone
1675:on 25 October 2007
1426:(July 1985 – 1987)
1424:Viktor Chechevatov
1298:Postwar Commanders
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