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moved first to direct subordination of the 3rd Belorussian Front and then the STAVKA Reserve by 1 April 1945. This left the 5th Guards Tank Army with a single tank corps, the 29th, under its control. This reduction in strength coincided with the hospitalization of the 5th GTA's commanding general,
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In early April 1945, the army moved to a position on the Baltic coast and attacked on 9 April 1945 to clear German defensive positions by the mouth of the Vistula River. For this operation, the army no longer controlled the 29th Tank Corps, but had attached the 98th Rifle Corps and the 1st Polish
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On 20 May of that year, the army was redesignated as the 5th Guards Tank Army. The 22nd Mechanized became the 36th Tank Division, then the 193rd in 1965, while the 12th Mechanized Division became the 5th Heavy Tank Division and was disbanded in 1960. On 21 February 1974, the army was awarded the
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joined the army. The army was briefly redesignated the 5th Guards Mechanized Army on 12 June 1946, and was reduced to the mobilization 5th Guards Mechanized Division (or 5th Separate Guards Tank Division (mobilization)) on 31 October 1946, with its divisions reduced to regiments. The unit was
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self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and 705 guns. From then until the late 1980s the army's composition remained virtually unchanged – only the mechanized divisions were redesignated in 1957.
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in June 1992 and became an army corps two months later. The 5th Guards Army Corps was disbanded in 2001. Its headquarters became the headquarters of the Belarus Ground Forces.
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In June 1992 the army was taken over by Belarus after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and on 12 August 1992 renamed 5th Guards Army Corps.
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In 1990, as the Cold War drew to a close, the 8th Guards and 29th Tank Divisions were reduced to storage bases. To replace the 8th Guards, the
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armored formation which fought in many notable actions during World War II. The army was formed in February 1943. Until the aftermath of the
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expanded into the 5th Guards Mechanized Army on 28 October 1948 as Cold War tensions increased. In the early 1950s, the
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The 5th Guards Army Corps was still active in September 2001, when the Belarus Minister of Defence, General Lieutenant
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In June 1944, the 5th Guards Tank Army was used as the main exploitation force during the Soviet summer offensive,
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plus smaller units with a total of approximately 850 tanks. Early in 1944, it took part in the reduction of the
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replaced the 15th Guards. By 1955 the army numbered 1,219 tanks and self-propelled guns, including 161
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However, by March 1945, the 5th Guards Tank Army was being drawn down, with the subordinate
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Its organisation varied throughout its history, but in general included two or more Guards
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units on 60 years of existence. However, later in 2001, the headquarters of the
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in Czechoslovakia, joined the army. By November of that year, according to
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Yegorov, P.Y.; Krivoborsky, I.V.; Ivlev, I.K.; Rogalevich, A.I. (1969).
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tanks, 381 infantry fighting vehicles, and 228 guns, mortars, and MLRS.
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There is a memorial to the soldiers of the 5th Guards Tank Army at
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The 5th Guards Tank Army was formed on 25 February 1943 based on a
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After the war, Rotmistrov wrote a memoir and history of the unit,
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Tank Brigade. This operation continued until the end of the war.
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Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner
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5-я гвардейская танковая армия. Памятник освободителям Знаменки.
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road, following initial breakthroughs by the rifle divisions of
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Late in 1944, the 5th Guards Tank Army was committed against
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Colonel General Mikhail Solomatin (January-26 April 1946)
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took command from 16 March 1945 to the end of the war.
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After the war, the 5th Guards Tank Army moved to the
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Soviet Union
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Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy
Operation Bagration
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Banner
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Tank Corps
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