Russian 8th Army

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awardedBy Order of the Red Banner
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Ivan_Konev
gptkbp:commandStructure Army_Group
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Soviet_counteroffensive
Soviet_victory_in_Europe
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Leningrad
gptkb:Belorussia
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Battle_of_Taman
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Caucasus
Operation Bagration
gptkbp:establishedIn gptkb:Western_Military_District
gptkbp:formed 1941
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:foughtIn Battle of Kharkov
gptkbp:foundedIn 1941
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:historicalContext Soviet_military_history
gptkbp:historicalRole defensive operations
gptkbp:historicalSignificance defeated Axis forces
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian 8th Army
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
Battle of Voronezh
gptkbp:legacy influence_on_modern_Russian_military
gptkbp:militaryRank field army
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkbp:operates Supreme_Command
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:operationalHistory 1941-1945
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
Battle of the Dnieper
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Russian_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:providesResourcesFor Soviet_logistics
gptkbp:receives Siberian_divisions
gptkbp:reform 1943
1944
gptkbp:services Battle of Bryansk
gptkbp:size corps
gptkbp:strategicGoals Eastern_Front_campaigns
gptkbp:successor gptkb:1st_Guards_Army
gptkbp:supportedBy air force
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:Crimea
gptkbp:type field army
gptkbp:uses combined arms warfare
encirclement