57th Army (Red Army)

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The 57th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, participating in major operations against Nazi Germany.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet army formation
field army
military unit
activeDuring Great Patriotic War
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
branch Ground forces
commandStructure Soviet High Command (Stavka)
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
engagement battles on the Eastern Front
historicalEra 20th century
involvedIn Soviet operations against Axis forces
locationOfOperations Eastern Europe
Soviet–German front
militaryBranch Red Army ground forces
opponent Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
participatedIn Stalingrad strategic offensive operations
major operations against Nazi Germany
operations against German Army Group South
partOf Red Army
primaryEnemy Axis powers
Nazi Germany
role defensive operations
offensive operations
service Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
side Allies of World War II
theater Eastern Front
type combined arms army

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Soviet Southwestern Front
componentUnit

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