49th Army

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The 49th 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.

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49th Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation ⓘ
Soviet military unit ⓘ
field army ⓘ
activeDuring 1941–1945 ⓘ
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
branch Ground forces ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
engagedIn defensive operations near Moscow ⓘ
offensive operations in Belorussia ⓘ
offensive operations in East Prussia ⓘ
offensive operations in Pomerania ⓘ
formedIn 1941 ⓘ
frontAssignment 2nd Belorussian Front ⓘ
3rd Belorussian Front ⓘ
Western Front (Red Army) ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters various locations on the Eastern Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod Great Patriotic War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
militaryBranch Soviet Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Red Army
notableCommander Ilya Smirnov ⓘ
Ivan Grishin ⓘ
Konstantin Golubev ⓘ
notableFor defense and counteroffensives near Moscow in 1941–1942 ⓘ
participation in Operation Bagration ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Moscow ⓘ
Berlin offensive ⓘ
East Pomeranian offensive ⓘ
East Prussian offensive ⓘ
Minsk offensive ⓘ
Operation Bagration ⓘ
Rzhev–Vyazma operations ⓘ
Smolensk operation (1943) ⓘ
partOf Red Army ⓘ
primaryEnemyFormation German Army Group Centre ⓘ
linked to: Army Group Centre
role advance toward Berlin ⓘ
liberation of Belorussian territory ⓘ
strategic offensive operations against German Army Group Centre ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
tookPartIn encirclement of German forces east of Minsk ⓘ
liberation of Smolensk region ⓘ
operations to break German defensive lines in East Prussia ⓘ
type combined arms army ⓘ

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Soviet Western Front → subordinateUnit → 49th Army ⓘ