1st Baltic Front

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Red Army formation Soviet front military unit

The 1st Baltic Front was a major Soviet Red Army formation in World War II that led offensive operations on the Baltic sector of the Eastern Front, contributing significantly to the liberation of the Baltic states from Nazi occupation.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army formation → Soviet front → military unit →
activeDuring	1943 → 1944 → 1945 →
allegiance	Allies of World War II →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) → Second World War →
country	Soviet Union →
disbanded	1945 →
formationDate	1943-10-12 →
formedFrom	Kalinin Front →
frontCommander	Hovhannes Bagramyan → Ivan Bagramyan →
frontCommanderRank	Army General →
headquartersLocation	various locations in the western USSR →
historicalPeriod	20th century →
includedBranch	air support units → artillery formations → rifle armies → tank units →
languageOfCommand	Russian →
militaryBranch	Ground forces of the Soviet Union →
notableEngagement	advance to the Baltic Sea cutting off German forces → encirclement of German forces near Riga →
notableFor	liberation of the Baltic states from Nazi occupation → offensive operations in the Baltic region →
objective	encirclement and destruction of German Army Group Centre elements → liberation of Baltic ports and cities →
operatedIn	Belarus → Estonia → Latvia → Lithuania →
opponent	Nazi Germany → Wehrmacht →
partOf	Red Army →
role	strategic offensive formation →
subordinateTo	Soviet High Command → Stavka of the Supreme High Command →
theater	Baltic sector of the Eastern Front →
tookPartIn	Baltic offensive (1944) → Belarusian strategic offensive operation → Memel offensive → Operation Bagration → Riga offensive (1944) → Šiauliai offensive →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
East Prussian Offensive →	carriedOutBy
Baltic offensive (1944) →	frontInvolved
Operation Bagration →	involvedUnit