fronts of the Red Army

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Fronts of the Red Army were large, multi-army operational formations of the Soviet military responsible for conducting major campaigns on broad sectors of the front during wartime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military organization
military formation type
operational-strategic formation
abolished after the Second World War in peacetime reorganization
commandedBy Soviet general officer
front commander
comparableTo army group
theatre-level command
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
doctrine deep operations doctrine
operational art of the Red Army
engagedIn Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet–German War
Soviet–Japanese War of 1945
hasComponent front headquarters
intelligence staff
logistics services
operations staff
rear services
signal units
higherUnitOf Soviet air army
linked to: Soviet Air Forces

Soviet field army
Soviet tank army
corps-level formations
front-line air forces
languageOfCommand Russian
notableExample 1st Belorussian Front
1st Ukrainian Front
2nd Belorussian Front
2nd Ukrainian Front
3rd Belorussian Front
3rd Ukrainian Front
4th Ukrainian Front
Belorussian Front
Bryansk Front
Don Front
Far Eastern Front (Red Army)
Kalinin Front
Leningrad Front
Northwestern Front
Southern Front (Red Army)
Southwestern Front (Red Army)
Stalingrad Front
Steppe Front
linked to: Soviet Steppe Front

Transcaucasian Front
Volkhov Front
Western Front (Red Army)
originatedFrom fronts of the Imperial Russian Army
partOf Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
linked to: Red Army
role conduct major offensive operations
conduct strategic defensive operations
coordinate multiple armies on broad sectors of the front
plan and execute campaigns
subordinateTo Soviet General Staff
Stavka of the Supreme High Command
timePeriod Great Patriotic War
Russian Civil War
Second World War
linked to: World War II
typicalCommanderRank army general
colonel general
marshal of the Soviet Union
typicalComposition air armies
independent corps and divisions
multiple combined-arms armies
tank armies
typicalSize several hundred thousand personnel
usedBy Red Army
Soviet Armed Forces
linked to: Soviet armed forces

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Stavka of the Red Army hasAuthorityOver fronts of the Red Army