Soviet 3rd Army

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The Soviet 3rd Army was a Red Army field formation that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, notably participating in major defensive and offensive operations against German forces.

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Soviet 3rd Army canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
field army
activeDuring 1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
branch Red Army
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
engagedIn advance into East Prussia
advance into northern Germany
defense against Operation Barbarossa
liberation of Belorussia
garrison Belorussian Military District
militaryBranch Ground forces
notableCommander Alexander Gorbatov
Vasily Kuznetsov NERFINISHED
Yakov Kreizer
linked to: Stepan Chernyak
notableFor heavy fighting on the Eastern Front
participation in major Soviet strategic offensives
opposedBy German Army Group Centre
linked to: Army Group Centre

Wehrmacht
participatedIn Battle of Białystok–Minsk
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Belostok Offensive
Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation
East Pomeranian Offensive
East Prussian Offensive
Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive
Mogilev Offensive
Operation Bagration
Rogachev–Zhlobin Offensive
Soviet invasion of Poland
partOf Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front
Soviet Bryansk Front
Soviet Central Front
Soviet Western Front
Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
linked to: Red Army
role defensive operations
offensive operations
subordinateTo Soviet High Command (Stavka)
linked to: Soviet High Command
theater Eastern Front
usedEquipment artillery units
infantry divisions
tank units

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Bryansk pocket involvedUnit Soviet 3rd Army
Bobruysk offensive involvesUnit Soviet 3rd Army