27th Army

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The 27th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major offensives under various Soviet fronts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
27th Army canonical 2
27th Army (Soviet Union) 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military unit
field army
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
branch Ground forces
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union
disbandedIn 1945
engagedAgainst Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
engagedIn breakthrough operations
encirclement operations
pursuit operations
formedIn 1941
garrison various front-line sectors
historicalPeriod World War II era
linked to: World War II
notableCommander Filipp Gorelenko
Nikolai Berzarin
Sergei Trofimenko
Vladimir Kolpakchi
Yakov Cherevichenko
operationalArea Baltic States
linked to: Baltic states

Belarus
Latvia
Lithuania
northwestern sector of Eastern Front
participatedIn Great Patriotic War
partOf Red Army
role defensive operations
offensive operations
size multi-corps formation
subordinateTo 1st Baltic Front
2nd Baltic Front
Kalinin Front
Northwestern Front
Soviet High Command
Soviet fronts
theater Eastern Front
tookPartIn Baltic Offensive
Battle of Demyansk
Courland Pocket operations
Demyansk Pocket operations
linked to: Demyansk operations

Madona offensive
linked to: Madona Offensive

Memel offensive
Nevel–Gorodok offensive
Rezhitsa–Dvinsk offensive
Riga offensive (1944)
linked to: Riga Offensive
typeOfOperation combined arms
usedDoctrine Soviet deep operations doctrine

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Referenced by (3)

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2nd Ukrainian Front subordinateUnit 27th Army
subject linked to: Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
Uman–Botoșani offensive involvedFormation 27th Army (Soviet Union)
linked to: 27th Army
Northwestern Front includedUnit 27th Army