1st Belorussian Front

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The 1st Belorussian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that led key offensives on the Eastern Front, culminating in the capture of Berlin in 1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
Soviet front
military unit
activeUntil 1945-06
areaOfOperations Belorussia
linked to: Belarus

Berlin
Brandenburg
East Prussia
Poland
Pomerania
branch Ground forces
conflict Eastern Front (World War II)
linked to: Eastern Front

Second World War
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union
dateFormed 1943-10-20
disbandedAfter end of World War II in Europe
formedFrom Belorussian Front
frontLineRole spearheaded Soviet advance toward Berlin
headquartersLocation Moscow (initially)
linked to: Moscow

field headquarters near front line
historicalEra World War II
includedUnitType air armies (attached)
combined arms armies
tank armies
languageOfCommand Russian
militaryDoctrine Soviet deep operations doctrine
notableAction crossing of the Oder River
crossing of the Vistula River
encirclement of Berlin
notableCommander Georgy Zhukov
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Vasily Sokolovsky
objective capture of Berlin
opposedBy German Army Group A
linked to: Army Group A

German Army Group Centre
linked to: Army Group Centre

Wehrmacht
participatedIn Battle of Berlin
East Pomeranian Offensive
East Prussian Offensive
Lublin–Brest Offensive
Operation Bagration
Vistula–Oder Offensive
partOf Red Army
subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Stavka
successor Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
theater Eastern Front

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Battle of Berlin militaryUnit 1st Belorussian Front
Operation Bagration involvedUnit 1st Belorussian Front
Vistula–Oder Offensive involvedUnit 1st Belorussian Front
1st Polish Army subordinateTo 1st Belorussian Front
2nd Polish Army subordinateTo 1st Belorussian Front
East Pomeranian Offensive militaryUnitInvolved 1st Belorussian Front
8th Guards Army subordinateTo 1st Belorussian Front
Battle of Kolberg (1945) involvedUnit Red Army units of the 1st Belorussian Front
linked to: 1st Belorussian Front
Lublin–Brest Offensive involvedUnit Soviet 1st Belorussian Front
linked to: 1st Belorussian Front
Warsaw–Praga offensive militaryUnit 1st Belorussian Front
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II front 1st Belorussian Front
Berlin Defense Area opponent 1st Belorussian Front
5th Guards Tank Army frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front
69th Army frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front
Battle of the Seelow Heights belligerent 1st Belorussian Front
Battle of the Seelow Heights opponent Soviet 1st Belorussian Front
linked to: 1st Belorussian Front
Battle of the Seelow Heights attacker Soviet 1st Belorussian Front
linked to: 1st Belorussian Front
Defence of the Oder line involvedUnit 1st Belorussian Front
Soviet 1944 spring offensives frontInvolved 1st Belorussian Front
Soviet 13th Army frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front
47th Army (Soviet Union) frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front
Minsk offensive (1944) participatingUnit 1st Belorussian Front
Bobruysk offensive front 1st Belorussian Front
2nd Guards Tank Army frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front
subject linked to: Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army
Soviet 3rd Shock Army subordinateTo 1st Belorussian Front
Battle of Halbe involvesMilitaryUnit Soviet 1st Belorussian Front
linked to: 1st Belorussian Front
Soviet 16th Air Army frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front