3rd Guards Army

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The 3rd Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation in World War II, noted for its key role in major Eastern Front offensives against Nazi Germany.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
3rd Guards Army canonical 2

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military unit ⓘ
field army ⓘ
allegiance Soviet Union ⓘ
awardedTitle Guards status for distinguished service ⓘ
branch Red Army ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union ⓘ
disbandedIn post-World War II period ⓘ
engagedIn breakthrough operations ⓘ
encirclement operations ⓘ
offensive operations ⓘ
formationDate 1942 ⓘ
formedFrom 3rd Reserve Army ⓘ
garrison various sectors of the Eastern Front ⓘ
historicalEra World War II ⓘ
honorific Guards ⓘ
notableCommander Dmitry Lelyushenko NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gordey Levchenko NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor offensives against Nazi Germany ⓘ
participation in the Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
participation in the Berlin offensive ⓘ
participation in the Dnieper–Carpathian offensive ⓘ
participation in the Donbas offensive ⓘ
participation in the Lvov–Sandomierz offensive ⓘ
participation in the Prague offensive ⓘ
participation in the Vistula–Oder offensive ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf Red Army ⓘ
precededBy 3rd Reserve Army ⓘ
role spearhead in major Soviet offensives ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo various Soviet Fronts on the Eastern Front ⓘ
theater Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
type combined arms army ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Don offensive → participant → 3rd Guards Army ⓘ
Soviet 3rd Guards Army → designation → 3rd Guards Army ⓘ