1st Belorussian Front

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Red Army formation Soviet front military unit

The 1st Belorussian Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that led key offensives on the Eastern Front, culminating in the capture of Berlin in 1945.

Aliases (2)

Red Army units of the 1st Belorussian Front ×1
Soviet 1st Belorussian Front ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army formation → Soviet front → military unit →
activeUntil	1945-06 →
areaOfOperations	Belorussia → Berlin → Brandenburg → East Prussia → Poland → Pomerania →
branch	Ground forces →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) → Second World War →
country	Soviet Union →
dateFormed	1943-10-20 →
disbandedAfter	end of World War II in Europe →
formedFrom	Belorussian Front →
frontLineRole	spearheaded Soviet advance toward Berlin →
headquartersLocation	Moscow (initially) → field headquarters near front line →
historicalEra	World War II →
includedUnitType	air armies (attached) → combined arms armies → tank armies →
languageOfCommand	Russian →
militaryDoctrine	Soviet deep operations doctrine →
notableAction	crossing of the Oder River → crossing of the Vistula River → encirclement of Berlin →
notableCommander	Georgy Zhukov → Konstantin Rokossovsky → Vasily Sokolovsky →
objective	capture of Berlin →
opposedBy	German Army Group A → German Army Group Centre → Wehrmacht →
participatedIn	Battle of Berlin → East Pomeranian Offensive → East Prussian Offensive → Lublin–Brest Offensive → Operation Bagration → Vistula–Oder Offensive →
partOf	Red Army →
subordinateTo	Soviet High Command → Stavka →
successor	Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany →
theater	Eastern Front →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Kolberg (1945) ("Red Army units of the 1st Belorussian Front") → Lublin–Brest Offensive ("Soviet 1st Belorussian Front") → Operation Bagration → Vistula–Oder Offensive →	involvedUnit
1st Polish Army → 2nd Polish Army → 8th Guards Army →	subordinateTo
Battle of Berlin → Warsaw–Praga offensive →	militaryUnit
East Pomeranian Offensive →	militaryUnitInvolved