51st Army

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The 51st Army was a Soviet Red Army field formation that fought on multiple Eastern Front sectors during World War II, including major operations in the southern and Crimean theaters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
Soviet field army
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
branch Ground forces
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
Second World War
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union
disbandedIn post-World War II period
engagedAgainst Axis forces
linked to: Axis

Wehrmacht
era World War II era
linked to: World War II
formedIn 1941
frontAssignment 4th Ukrainian Front
Crimean Front
North Caucasus Front
Southern Front
Stalingrad Front
Transcaucasian Front
languageOfCommand Russian
militaryFunction field army-level command
notableCommander Fyodor Kuznetsov
linked to: Vasily Kuznetsov

Nikolai Trufanov
Pavel Batov
Vladimir Lvov
notableOperationArea Crimea
Lower Volga region
North Caucasus
Southern Ukraine
participatedIn Battle of Stalingrad
Crimean Campaign
linked to: Crimean campaign

Crimean Offensive (1944)
Defense of the Crimea (1941–1942)
Kerch–Feodosiya Landing Operation
Lower Volga operations
partOf Red Army
Soviet Armed Forces
linked to: Soviet armed forces
role defensive operations
offensive operations
size multi-corps formation
subordinateTo Soviet High Command (Stavka)
linked to: Soviet High Command
theater Crimean theater of World War II
Southern sector of the Eastern Front
usedEquipment Soviet artillery
Soviet small arms
Soviet tanks

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