Soviet 13th Army

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The Soviet 13th 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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
field army
activePeriod World War II era
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
branch Red Army
conflict Great Patriotic War
Second World War
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union
engagedIn operations against Army Group Center
operations in Belorussia
operations in Ukraine
engagementType defensive operations
offensive operations
frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front
Bryansk Front
Central Front
Western Front (Red Army)
higherCommand Stavka of the Red Army
historicalEra 20th century
militaryBranchType combined arms
militaryFunction conduct of large-scale ground operations
notableCommander Konstantin Rokossovsky
Nikolai Pukhov NERFINISHED
Pyotr Filatov
notableFor defense of the northern face of the Kursk salient
defensive operations against German invasion in 1941
offensive operations during Soviet counteroffensives
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
participatedIn Battle of Kursk
Battle of Moscow
Berlin strategic offensive operation
Chernigov–Pripyat offensive
Gomel–Rechitsa offensive
Kursk defensive operation
Kursk offensive operation
Lvov–Sandomierz offensive
Vistula–Oder offensive
partOf Soviet Ground Forces
Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
linked to: Red Army
role front-line field army
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front
type operational-level formation
usedEquipment Soviet artillery
Soviet tanks
usedPersonnelType armored troops
artillery troops
infantry

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Bryansk pocket involvedUnit Soviet 13th Army