Soviet 8th Guards Tank Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Soviet_8th_Guards_Tank_Army
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:awarded Guards status
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Red_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbanded 1993
gptkbp:formed 1943
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:62nd_Army
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Zhytomyr,_Ukraine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet 8th Guards Tank Army
gptkbp:notable_for liberation of Berlin
postwar occupation of Germany
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Aleksei_Rodin
gptkb:Hamazasp_Babadzhanian
gptkb:Vasily_Chuikov
gptkb:Yevgeny_Dragunov
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:20th_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Division
gptkb:41st_Guards_Tank_Division
29th Guards Tank Division
32nd Guards Tank Division
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:1st_Belorussian_Front
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkb:Vistula–Oder_Offensive
gptkbp:postwar_location gptkb:East_Germany
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:role Armored warfare
gptkbp:successor 8th Army Corps (Ukraine)
gptkbp:type tank
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Battle_of_Berlin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6