Soviet field armies

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Soviet field armies were large operational-level military formations of the Red Army responsible for conducting major ground campaigns during the Second World War and other conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army-level unit
military formation
operational-level formation
commandedBy army commander
officer with general rank
composedOf artillery units
engineer units
mechanized corps
rifle corps
rifle divisions
support units
tank corps
conflict Battle of Berlin
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
surface form: Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)

Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: Soviet–German War

Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
Winter War
World War II
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
doctrine deep operations doctrine
evolvedFrom Imperial Russian Army
surface form: Imperial Russian Army field armies
headquartersType army headquarters
notableExample 1st Belorussian Front field armies
1st Guards Army
3rd Shock Army
5th Guards Army
62nd Army
8th Guards Army
partOf Red Army
role conduct major ground campaigns
coordination of corps and divisions
operational-level planning and execution
status disbanded as a system after dissolution of the Soviet Union
subordinateTo Soviet High Command
surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

front (Soviet military formation)
successor Soviet field armies self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soviet combined-arms armies
timePeriod Cold War
Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: Great Patriotic War

Russian Civil War
World War II
surface form: Second World War

interwar period
typicalSize several corps
tens of thousands of personnel
usedBy Soviet Ground Forces
Soviet Union
Red Army
surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

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Southern Front hasComponent Soviet field armies
Soviet field armies successor Soviet field armies self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Soviet combined-arms armies
Soviet 12th Army subordinateTo Soviet field armies
this entity surface form: Soviet Front-level commands
Soviet 6th Army subordinateTo Soviet field armies
this entity surface form: Soviet Front-level commands