Soviet 5th Guards Army
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The Soviet 5th Guards Army was an elite Red Army formation that played a key role on the Eastern Front in World War II, participating in major offensives during the final push into Germany.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soviet 5th Guards Army canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Guards formation
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Red Army unit ⓘ field army ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front of World War II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designation | 5th Guards Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eliteStatus | Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| frontAssignment |
1st Ukrainian Front
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2nd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Steppe Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Voronezh Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonOrDeployment | various sectors of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| hasHonorific | Guards ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Russian ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Ground forces ⓘ |
| militaryDoctrine | Deep operations doctrine of the Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAction |
advance into eastern Germany in 1945
ⓘ
participation in encirclement and destruction of German forces ⓘ |
| notableFor |
final push into Germany in 1945
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participation in major Soviet offensives in 1943–1945 ⓘ participation in the Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ participation in the Berlin Offensive ⓘ participation in the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ⓘ participation in the Vistula–Oder Offensive ⓘ role in the Battle of Kursk ⓘ role in the Battle of Prokhorovka ⓘ |
| opponent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Belgorod–Kharkov Offensive Operation
NERFINISHED
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Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Kursk strategic defensive operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Kursk strategic offensive operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Vistula–Oder Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Red Army ⓘ |
| precededBy | 5th Army (Soviet Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
breakthrough and exploitation
ⓘ
offensive operations ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | combined arms army ⓘ |
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