49th Army

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The 49th 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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49th Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
Soviet military unit
field army
activeDuring 1941–1945
allegiance Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
branch Ground forces
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
engagedIn defensive operations near Moscow
offensive operations in Belorussia
offensive operations in East Prussia
offensive operations in Pomerania
formedIn 1941
frontAssignment 2nd Belorussian Front
3rd Belorussian Front
Western Front (Red Army)
garrisonOrHeadquarters various locations on the Eastern Front
historicalPeriod World War II
surface form: Great Patriotic War
militaryBranch Red Army
surface form: Soviet Red Army
notableCommander Ilya Smirnov NERFINISHED
Ivan Grishin NERFINISHED
Konstantin Golubev NERFINISHED
notableFor defense and counteroffensives near Moscow in 1941–1942
participation in Operation Bagration
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
participatedIn Battle of Moscow
Soviet Berlin Offensive Operation
surface form: Berlin offensive

East Pomeranian Offensive
surface form: East Pomeranian offensive

East Prussian Offensive
surface form: East Prussian offensive

Minsk offensive (1944)
surface form: Minsk offensive

Belorussian strategic offensive operation
surface form: Operation Bagration

Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
surface form: Rzhev–Vyazma operations

Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
surface form: Smolensk operation (1943)
partOf Red Army
primaryEnemyFormation Army Group Centre
surface form: German Army Group Centre
role advance toward Berlin
liberation of Belorussian territory
strategic offensive operations against German Army Group Centre
theater Eastern Front
tookPartIn encirclement of German forces east of Minsk
liberation of Smolensk region
operations to break German defensive lines in East Prussia
type combined arms army

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Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) subordinateUnit 49th Army
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front