1st Baltic Front

1st Baltic Front

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st Baltic Front


caption=
dates=1943-1945
country=Soviet Union
allegiance=
branch=
type=Army Group Command
role=Co-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in the Baltic, North Poland and East Prussian regions
size=3 Armies
command_structure=
colors=
march=
mascot=
battles=Bagration
notable_commanders=Hovhannes Bagramyan
anniversaries=

The First Baltic Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. It was formed by re-naming the Kalinin Front in October-December 1943 and took part in several important military operations, most notably Bagration in the summer of 1944.

Composition

As of June 23, 1944, the First Baltic Front consisted of the following units and their commanders:

Baltic Front, led by front commander Army General Hovhannes Bagramyan

4th Shock Army, led by General-Lieutenant P. F. Malyshev
*83rd Rifle Corps6th Guards Army, led by General Lieutenant I. M. Chistyakov
*2nd Guards Rifle Corps
*22nd Guards Rifle Corps
*23rd Guards Rifle Corps
*103rd Guards Rifle Corps
*Army artillery43rd Army, led by General Lieutenant A. P. Belaborodov
*1st Rifle Corps
*60th Rifle Corps
*92nd Rifle Corps
*1st Tank Corps3rd Air Army, led by General Lieutenant N. F. Papivin
*11th Fighter Aviation Corps

References

*Zaloga, Steven J. "Bagration 1944 - The Destruction of Army Group Center". New York: Osprey Publishing, 1996, p. 24 ISBN 1-8553-2478-4


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