29th Army

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The 29th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major operations against Nazi Germany.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
29th Army canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military unit ⓘ
field army ⓘ
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
branch Ground forces ⓘ
commandStructure Kalinin Front ⓘ
Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union ⓘ
engagedIn defensive operations on the Eastern Front ⓘ
large-scale infantry and armor operations ⓘ
offensive operations against German Army Group Centre ⓘ
formedDuring Great Patriotic War ⓘ
formedIn 1941 ⓘ
historicalEra World War II ⓘ
locationOfOperations Rzhev–Vyazma area ⓘ
linked to: Rzhev

Smolensk region ⓘ
linked to: Smolensk Oblast

western USSR ⓘ
militaryBranch Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Red Army
notableFor heavy fighting in the Rzhev sector ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Smolensk (1941) ⓘ
Kalinin Front operations ⓘ
linked to: Kalinin Front

Rzhev battles ⓘ
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations ⓘ
Soviet strategic counteroffensives against Germany ⓘ
partOf Red Army ⓘ
primaryAdversary German Army Group Centre ⓘ
linked to: Army Group Centre
role frontline combat formation ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Eastern Front ⓘ
type combined arms army ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Soviet Western Front → subordinateUnit → 29th Army ⓘ
Kalinin Front → componentUnit → 29th Army ⓘ