12th Army (Red Army)

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The 12th Army (Red Army) was a field army of the Soviet Union that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, particularly in the southwestern sector against German and Axis forces.

Aliases (1)
  • 12th Army (Soviet Union) ×1

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military unit
field army
activeDuring World War II
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
branch Ground forces
conflict Eastern Front (World War II)
Second World War
country Soviet Union
engagedIn battles against German Army Group South
defensive operations on the Southwestern Front
operations against Axis invasion of the USSR
historicalEra 20th century
locationOfOperations Eastern Europe
Soviet southwestern border regions
militaryBranch Red Army of Workers and Peasants
notableFor fighting in the southwestern sector of the Eastern Front against German and Axis forces
opponent Axis powers
Nazi Germany
partOf Red Army
role frontline combat formation
sideInConflict Allies of World War II
subordinateTo Southwestern Front (Red Army)
Soviet High Command (Stavka)
theaterOfOperations Southwestern sector of the Eastern Front
type combined arms army

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Soviet Southwestern Front
componentUnit
Southwestern Front ("12th Army (Soviet Union)")
notableSubordinateFormation

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