6th Guards Army
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The 6th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation that played a key role on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major offensives against Nazi Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 6th Guards Army canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Guards formation
ⓘ
Soviet military unit ⓘ field army ⓘ |
| alliance | Allies of World War II ⓘ |
| commandStructure |
Soviet High Command
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet High Command (Stavka)
|
| conflict |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| distinction | Guards status for combat performance ⓘ |
| engagementType |
breakthrough operations
ⓘ
large-scale offensive operations ⓘ |
| formedFrom |
6th Army (Red Army)
ⓘ
surface form:
6th Army (Soviet Union)
|
| frontAssignment |
1st Baltic Front
ⓘ
2nd Baltic Front ⓘ Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
surface form:
Leningrad Front
Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
surface form:
Voronezh Front
|
| garrisonDuringWar | various fronts on Eastern Front ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Guards ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
|
| militaryBranch |
Red Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Army
|
| notableCommander |
Ivan Bagramyan
ⓘ
Ivan Chistyakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
operations against Nazi Germany
ⓘ
participation in major Soviet offensives on Eastern Front ⓘ |
| opponent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Baltic Offensive
ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation ⓘ
surface form:
Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
Courland Pocket operations ⓘ Kursk defensive operations ⓘ Memel offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Memel Offensive
Šiauliai offensive ⓘ
surface form:
Šiauliai Offensive
|
| partOf |
Red Army
ⓘ
Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ |
| precededBy |
6th Army (Red Army)
ⓘ
surface form:
6th Army (Soviet Union)
|
| role |
defensive operations
ⓘ
offensive operations ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Stavka of the Red Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Stavka of the Supreme High Command
|
| theaterOfOperations |
Baltic states
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic States
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Belorussia
Eastern Europe ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1943–1945 ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | combined arms army ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Voronezh Front