Southern Group of Forces

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The Southern Group of Forces was a major Soviet military formation stationed in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, overseeing ground troops and operations in the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Southern Group of Forces canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet Army command ⓘ
Soviet military formation ⓘ
allianceContext Warsaw Pact ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
controlledBy Soviet High Command ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
era Cold War era ⓘ
post-World War II ⓘ
established 1945 ⓘ
formedFrom Soviet forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
garrison Austria ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
headquartersLocation Budapest ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
includedBranch air defence units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
motor rifle units ⓘ
support units ⓘ
tank units ⓘ
languageOfCommand Russian ⓘ
militaryBranch Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ
notableEvent withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary at the end of the Cold War ⓘ
operationalTheater Central Europe ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
opposedTo North Atlantic Treaty Organization ⓘ
linked to: NATO
participatedIn Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ
suppression of the Hungarian Uprising ⓘ
partOf Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces

Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ
predecessor 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
Soviet occupation forces in Hungary ⓘ
primaryMission deter NATO forces in Southern and Central Europe ⓘ
maintain Soviet military presence in Eastern Europe ⓘ
support pro-Soviet governments in the region ⓘ
role ground forces command ⓘ
occupation force ⓘ
operational-strategic command ⓘ
stationedIn Austria ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet High Command

Soviet Ministry of Defence ⓘ
typeOfUnit army group ⓘ
theater command ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Soviet Ground Forces → garrison → Southern Group of Forces ⓘ