Soviet 50th Army

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The Soviet 50th Army was a Red Army field formation that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, notably participating in defensive and offensive operations around Bryansk and later in the liberation of occupied Soviet territory.

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Label Occurrences
Soviet 50th Army canonical 2
50th Army 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
field army
allegiance Soviet Union
branch Red Army
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union
engagedIn defensive operations
offensive operations
garrisonOrHeadquartersLocation Bryansk area
surface form: Bryansk area (wartime, various locations)
historicalEra 20th century
locationOfOperations Bryansk region NERFINISHED
occupied Soviet territories
militaryBranch Ground forces
militaryFunction operational-level formation
notableFor defensive operations around Bryansk
liberation of occupied Soviet territory
offensive operations around Bryansk
objective halt German advances
support Soviet offensives to liberate territory
operationalFocus defense and counteroffensives
participatedIn liberation of Soviet territory from German occupation
operations in the Bryansk sector
partOf Soviet ground forces on the Eastern Front
Red Army
surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
primaryOpponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
role front-line combat formation
sideInConflict Allies of World War II
Soviet side on the Eastern Front
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front
timePeriod World War II
type combined arms army

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Bryansk pocket involvedUnit Soviet 50th Army
Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) subordinateUnit Soviet 50th Army
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front
this entity surface form: 50th Army
Battle of Königsberg attacker Soviet 50th Army