29th Army

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The 29th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major operations against Nazi Germany.

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29th Army canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military unit
field army
allegiance Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
branch Ground forces
commandStructure Kalinin Front
Western Front (Red Army)
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union
engagedIn defensive operations on the Eastern Front
large-scale infantry and armor operations
offensive operations against German Army Group Centre
formedDuring Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: Great Patriotic War
formedIn 1941
historicalEra World War II
locationOfOperations Rzhev
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma area

Smolensk region NERFINISHED
western USSR
militaryBranch Red Army
surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
notableFor heavy fighting in the Rzhev sector
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
participatedIn Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Kalinin Front
surface form: Kalinin Front operations

Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
surface form: Rzhev battles

Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
Soviet strategic counteroffensives against Germany
partOf Red Army
primaryAdversary Army Group Centre
surface form: German Army Group Centre
role frontline combat formation
theatreOfOperations Eastern Front
type combined arms army

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Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) subordinateUnit 29th Army
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front
Kalinin Front componentUnit 29th Army