3rd Belorussian Front

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
Soviet front
activePeriod 1944–1945
areaOfOperations Belarus
East Prussia
Lithuania
Podlasie
surface form: northeastern Poland
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II
surface form: 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 3rd Belorussian Front self-linksurface differs
surface form: 3-й Белорусский фронт
notableAirFormation Soviet Air Forces
surface form: 1st Air Army
notableArmy 11th Guards Army
28th Army
2nd Guards Tank Corps
31st Army
39th Army
43rd Army
5th Army
notableCommander Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Ivan Bagramyan
surface form: Hovhannes Bagramyan

Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky
surface form: 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 Soviet High Command
surface form: Stavka of the Supreme High Command
successorCommand Soviet occupation forces in northern East Prussia
sufferedHeavyCasualtiesIn East Prussian Offensive
surface form: East Prussian offensive
theater Eastern Front
tookPartIn Battle of Königsberg
Operation Bagration
surface form: Belorussian strategic offensive operation

East Prussian Offensive
surface form: East Prussian offensive

Gumbinnen–Goldap offensive
Heiligenbeil pocket operations
East Prussian Offensive
surface form: Insterburg–Königsberg operation

Kaunas offensive
Operation Bagration
Vilnius offensive

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Operation Bagration involvedUnit 3rd Belorussian Front
3rd Belorussian Front nativeName 3rd Belorussian Front self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 3-й Белорусский фронт
East Pomeranian Offensive militaryUnitInvolved 3rd Belorussian Front
East Prussian Offensive carriedOutBy 3rd Belorussian Front
Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) reorganizedAs 3rd Belorussian Front
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front
Memel offensive involvedUnit 3rd Belorussian Front
Heiligenbeil pocket operations opponent 3rd Belorussian Front
Heiligenbeil pocket operations front 3rd Belorussian Front
this entity surface form: 3rd Belorussian Front (Soviet)
11th Guards Army frontAssignment 3rd Belorussian Front
43rd Army subordinateTo 3rd Belorussian Front
Battle of Königsberg attacker 3rd Belorussian Front
5th Army subordinateTo 3rd Belorussian Front
5th Army frontAssignment 3rd Belorussian Front
39th Army frontAssignment 3rd Belorussian Front
Vilnius offensive militaryFront 3rd Belorussian Front
Kaunas offensive commandedUnit 3rd Belorussian Front
Gumbinnen–Goldap offensive front 3rd Belorussian Front
this entity surface form: Soviet 3rd Belorussian Front
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II front 3rd Belorussian Front
5th Guards Tank Army frontAssignment 3rd Belorussian Front
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky commanded 3rd Belorussian Front
Samland Offensive militaryFront 3rd Belorussian Front
Operation Gate of Dawn involvedForce 3rd Belorussian Front
this entity surface form: units of the Red Army’s 3rd Belorussian Front
Orsha offensives front 3rd Belorussian Front
this entity surface form: Soviet 3rd Belorussian Front
Vitebsk–Orsha offensive involvedMilitaryUnit 3rd Belorussian Front
Orsha offensive (1944) conductedBy 3rd Belorussian Front
this entity surface form: Soviet 3rd Belorussian Front
Minsk offensive (1944) participatingUnit 3rd Belorussian Front
49th Army frontAssignment 3rd Belorussian Front