8th Army (Soviet Union)

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The 8th Army (Soviet Union) was a major Red Army field formation that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, particularly in the Baltic and Leningrad regions.

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8th Army (Soviet Union) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf field army
activeDuring World War II
allegiance Soviet Union
alsoKnownAs 8th Red Army
8th Soviet Army
linked to: Soviet 8th Army
branch Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
linked to: Red Army
component armored units
artillery units
rifle divisions
support units
conflict Eastern Front (World War II)
linked to: Eastern Front

Second World War
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union
engagedAgainst Finnish Army
Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht Army Group North
linked to: Army Group North
frontAssignment Baltic Fronts
linked to: Baltic Front

Leningrad Front
Northwestern Front
Volkhov Front
garrisonOrHQ Leningrad Front area
historicalEra 20th century
languageOfCommand Russian
militaryBranchType land forces
notableFor defensive fighting in the Leningrad area
offensive operations in the Baltic States in 1944
notableOperation Baltic Operation (1941)
Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Moonsund Landing Operation
Narva Offensive (1944)
linked to: Narva offensive

Soviet invasion of Estonia (1940)
Tallinn Offensive (1944)
Winter War
partOf Red Army
regionOfOperations Baltic region
linked to: Baltic Sea region

Estonia
Karelian Isthmus
Latvia
Leningrad region
linked to: Leningrad Oblast

Lithuania
role frontline ground combat formation
subordinateTo Soviet High Command (Stavka)
linked to: Soviet High Command
theater Eastern Front
type combined arms army

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Battle of Tannenberg Line attackingForce 8th Army (Soviet Union)
Tallinn offensive (1944) militaryUnitInvolved 8th Army (Soviet Union)