13th Army

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The 13th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the early defensive battles against the German invasion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf field army
activeDuring World War II
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED
branch Ground forces
commander Fyodor Remezov NERFINISHED
Konstantin Rokossovsky NERFINISHED
Nikolai Pukhov NERFINISHED
component armored units
artillery units
rifle divisions
support units
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union
disbandedAfter end of World War II in Europe
engagement battles against the German invasion of the USSR
counteroffensives following German advances
defense of the Soviet western border in 1941
defensive operations in 1941
formationType combined-arms army
frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front NERFINISHED
Bryansk Front NERFINISHED
Central Front NERFINISHED
Western Front (Red Army) NERFINISHED
garrisonDuringWar field-deployed (no permanent peacetime garrison)
higherCommand Stavka of the Red Army NERFINISHED
historicalEra Great Patriotic War NERFINISHED
languageOfCommand Russian
militaryBranch Soviet Ground Forces NERFINISHED
notableEngagement Battle of Kursk NERFINISHED
Kursk salient defensive operations NERFINISHED
notableFor early defensive battles against Operation Barbarossa
participation in major Soviet offensives from 1943 onward
sustained combat on central sector of Eastern Front
operation Belorussian strategic offensive operations
Berlin strategic offensive operation NERFINISHED
Operation Bagration NERFINISHED
Vistula–Oder Offensive NERFINISHED
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
partOf Red Army
role field army-level formation
side Allies of World War II NERFINISHED
status disbanded
theater Eastern Front
typeOfUnit operational-strategic formation
usedDoctrine Soviet deep operations doctrine NERFINISHED

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