- Transbaikal Front
The Transbaikal Front ( _ru. Забайкальский фронт) was a front formed on
September 15 ,1941 on base of theTransbaikal Military District . Initially, it included the 17th and 36th armies, but in August 1942 the 12th Air Army was added to the front, and, finally, in June-July 1945 the 39th and the 53th armies, the6th Guards Tank Army , and the Soviet MongolianCavalry Mechanized Group underIssa Pliyev .From September, 1941 to January, 1945 the Transbaikal Front sent to the Soviet fronts in
Europe about 300,000personnel , 1,440 tanks, and 2,230 guns.Operation August Storm
The armies and corps of the front under
Rodion Malinovsky participated inOperation August Storm during August, 1945 defeating theKwantung Army of theImperial Japanese Army . The fighting had lasted for only about a week when Japan's EmperorHirohito read theGyokuon-hōsō on August 15 and declared a ceasefire in the region August 16. Soviet forces were already penetrating deep into Manchukuo by that time. They continued their largely unopposed advance into Manchukuo's territory, reaching Mukden, Changchun and Qiqihar by August 20. At the same time, Mengjiang was invaded by the Red Army and her Mongol allies, withGuihua quickly taken. The Emperor of Manchukuo (and the former Emperor of China),Puyi , was captured by the Soviet Red Army and transitted to Chita.After the operation on October 9, 1945 the Transbaikal Front was disbanded and reorganized into the Transbaikal Military District.
Commander-in-chiefs of the front
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Mikhail Kovalyov (July, 1941 to July, 1945)
*Rodion Malinovsky (July, 1945 to October, 1945)
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