3rd Belorussian Front

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Red Army formation Soviet front

The 3rd Belorussian Front was a major Soviet World War II formation that spearheaded offensives on the Eastern Front, notably in the campaign to liberate Belarus and advance into East Prussia.

Aliases (1)

3-й Белорусский фронт ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Red Army formation → Soviet front →
activePeriod	1944–1945 →
areaOfOperations	Belarus → East Prussia → Lithuania → northeastern Poland →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) → Second World War →
country	Soviet Union →
disbandedOn	1945-08-15 →
formedOn	1944-04-24 →
headquartersLocation	Königsberg → Smolensk → Vilnius →
includedUnitType	air army → army → artillery formations → tank corps →
languageOfName	Russian →
nativeName	3-й Белорусский фронт →
notableAirFormation	1st Air Army →
notableArmy	11th Guards Army → 28th Army → 2nd Guards Tank Corps → 31st Army → 39th Army → 43rd Army → 5th Army →
notableCommander	Aleksandr Vasilevsky → Hovhannes Bagramyan → Ivan Chernyakhovsky →
notableEvent	death of commander Ivan Chernyakhovsky in February 1945 →
objective	invasion of East Prussia → liberation of Belarus →
opponent	Nazi Germany → Wehrmacht →
partOf	Red Army →
subordinateTo	Stavka of the Supreme High Command →
successorCommand	Soviet occupation forces in northern East Prussia →
sufferedHeavyCasualtiesIn	East Prussian offensive →
theater	Eastern Front →
tookPartIn	Battle of Königsberg → Belorussian strategic offensive operation → East Prussian offensive → Gumbinnen–Goldap offensive → Heiligenbeil pocket operations → Insterburg–Königsberg operation → Kaunas offensive → Operation Bagration → Vilnius offensive →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
East Prussian Offensive →	carriedOutBy
Operation Bagration →	involvedUnit
East Pomeranian Offensive →	militaryUnitInvolved
3rd Belorussian Front ("3-й Белорусский фронт") →	nativeName
Soviet Western Front →	reorganizedAs