30th Army

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The 30th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably participating in key defensive and offensive operations against Nazi Germany.

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30th Army canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military unit
field army
activeDuring Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: Great Patriotic War
allegiance Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
branch Ground forces
surface form: Ground Forces
conflict World War II
convertedTo 10th Guards Army
country Soviet Union
disbandedIn 1943
engagedAgainst Army Group Centre
surface form: German Army Group Centre
engagementType land warfare
formedIn 1941
frontAssignment Kalinin Front
Western Front (Red Army)
garrisonOrAreaOfOperations Western USSR
historicalEra World War II
surface form: Second World War
historicalSignificance contributed to halting German advance on Moscow
participated in attritional battles weakening German Army Group Centre
languageOfCommand Russian
militaryBranch Red Army
notableAction attacks on Rzhev salient
defense of approaches to Moscow
notableCommander Dmitry Lelyushenko NERFINISHED
Ivan Maslennikov NERFINISHED
Vasily Khomenko NERFINISHED
notableFor defensive operations against German Army Group Centre
offensive operations against German forces on the Eastern Front
opponent Nazi Germany
participatedIn Battle of Moscow
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Rzhev–Vyazma battles
surface form: Rzhev battles

Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma strategic offensive operations
partOf Red Army
primaryEnemy Wehrmacht
role defensive operations
offensive operations
subordination Stavka
surface form: Stavka (through assigned Fronts)
successorUnit 10th Guards Army
theater Eastern Front
tookPartIn Soviet counteroffensive near Moscow
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
surface form: Soviet operations in the Rzhev salient
type combined arms army
usedEquipmentFrom Soviet military–industrial complex
surface form: Soviet armaments industry

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Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) subordinateUnit 30th Army
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front
Kalinin Front componentUnit 30th Army