Soviet 49th Army

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:active_years 1941-1945
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:2nd_Ukrainian_Front
gptkb:1st_Ukrainian_Front
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Patriotic_War
gptkb:Order_of_Suvorov
gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Banner
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Operation_Bagration
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Vistula-Oder_Offensive
gptkb:Berlin_Offensive
gptkbp:commemoration Victory Day parades
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbandment_date 1945
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Katyusha_rocket_launcher
gptkb:T-34_tank
gptkb:IL-2_Sturmovik
gptkbp:formation_date 1941
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Kiev
gptkbp:historical_context Facilitated Soviet advances into Central Europe
Engaged in counter-offensive operations against Axis powers
Integral to Soviet military doctrine during WWII
Involved in liberation of Eastern Europe
Part of the Red Army's strategic operations
gptkbp:historical_significance Contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet 49th Army
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Red_Army_Star
gptkbp:legacy Influenced post-war Soviet military structure
gptkbp:motto For the Motherland!
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:General_Ivan_Chistyakov
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Battle_of_Balaton
gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkb:Battle_of_Budapest
gptkb:Battle_of_Vienna
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Dnieper
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad
gptkb:Battle_of_Taman
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkb:Battle_of_Prague
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:role Ground combat
gptkbp:size approximately 100,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Soviet_49th_Combined_Arms_Army
gptkbp:theater gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:type gptkb:Field_Army
gptkbp:veterans Surviving members honored annually
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Kharkov
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5