Soviet 3rd Shock Army

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The Soviet 3rd Shock Army was a major Red Army formation that played a key role on the Eastern Front in World War II, including the Battle of Berlin, and later served as part of the Soviet occupation forces in Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
field army
branch Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
surface form: Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

Red Army
conflict Cold War
Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union
disbanded early 1990s
era Cold War
World War II
formed December 1941
frontlineAdvanceDirection towards Berlin
garrison East Germany
headquartersLocation East Berlin
surface form: East Berlin region

Kalinin Front
surface form: Kalinin Front area (World War II)

Magdeburg
militaryBranch Red Army
surface form: Soviet Army
notableBattle Battle of Berlin
Battle of Demyansk Pocket
surface form: Battle of Demyansk

Battle of Velikiye Luki
Battle of Berlin
surface form: Berlin Offensive

East Pomeranian Offensive
notableCommander Kuzma Galitsky NERFINISHED
Maksim Purkayev NERFINISHED
Nikolai Berzarin NERFINISHED
Vasily Kuznetsov NERFINISHED
notableUnit 10th Guards Tank Division
47th Guards Tank Division
7th Guards Tank Division
operationalRole breakthrough operations
deep offensive operations
participatedIn Allied occupation of Germany
surface form: Soviet occupation of Germany

capture of Berlin
partOf Red Army
Soviet Ground Forces
postwarRole frontline army of Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
occupation force in Germany
role shock army
stationedIn Brandenburg
East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic

Saxony-Anhalt
subordinateTo 1st Belorussian Front
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
surface form: Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

Kalinin Front
theater Central Europe
Eastern Front
tookPartIn encirclement of Berlin

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