7th Army

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The 7th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that saw significant combat on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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7th Army canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf field army
military unit
activeDuring 1939–1945
branch Ground forces
surface form: Ground Forces
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
disbandedIn 1945
engagedAgainst Finnish Army
GermanArmyGroupNorth
surface form: German Army Group North (elements)
engagement Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive
surface form: Soviet offensive in Eastern Karelia (1944)

defense of Leningrad approaches from the north
formedIn 1939
frontAssignment Karelian front
surface form: Karelian Front

Northwestern Front
garrisonOrHeadquarters Leningrad Military District
notableCommander Filipp Gorelenko NERFINISHED
Kirill Meretskov
Sergei Trofimenko
operationalArea Karelia
Karelian Isthmus
Ladoga region
surface form: Ladoga–Onega region
participatedIn Continuation War
Winter War
surface form: Soviet invasion of Finland (1939–1940)

Soviet–Finnish front operations
Winter War
partOf Red Army
role defensive operations on the Soviet–Finnish border
offensive operations in Karelia
subordinateTo Soviet High Command
surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

various Soviet fronts on the Eastern Front
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front

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Karelian front subordinateUnit 7th Army
subject surface form: Karelian Front