2nd Shock Army

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field army

The 2nd Shock Army was a Soviet Red Army formation created for breakthrough operations on the Eastern Front during World War II, noted for its heavy losses and involvement in major offensives against German forces.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
2nd Shock Army canonical	3
2nd Shock Army (Soviet Union)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	field army ⓘ
allegiance	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	defection of Andrey Vlasov ⓘ
casualties	suffered very high personnel losses ⓘ
commander	Andrey Vlasov NERFINISHED ⓘ Grigory Sokolov NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Fedyuninsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	Soviet Northwestern strategic direction NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front (World War II) World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
doctrineRole	shock army for penetration of fortified defenses ⓘ
engagement	Battle to relieve the Siege of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyuban Offensive Operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkhov battles ⓘ
equipment	armored units ⓘ artillery ⓘ infantry ⓘ
fate	largely encircled and destroyed in 1942 ⓘ
formedIn	1941 ⓘ
frontLineSector	Volkhov River sector NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalAssessment	example of costly Soviet breakthrough tactics ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Russian ⓘ
militaryBranch	Red Army ground forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryFormationType	combined arms army ⓘ
notableEvent	encirclement near Lyuban in 1942 ⓘ
notableFor	attempted relief of encircled Soviet forces near Leningrad ⓘ fighting in difficult swamp and forest terrain ⓘ heavy combat losses ⓘ participation in major offensives against German forces ⓘ
objective	break German front lines ⓘ help lift the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
opponent	Army Group North NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	Red Army ⓘ
role	breakthrough formation ⓘ
statusByEndOfWar	reconstituted after 1942 losses ⓘ
subordinateTo	Leningrad Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkhov Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Leningrad Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkhov Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Great Patriotic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfOperation	offensive operations ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Narva (1944) → involvesUnit → 2nd Shock Army ⓘ

Soviet Volkhov Front → includedUnit → 2nd Shock Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Volkhov Front

Battle of Tannenberg Line → attackingForce → 2nd Shock Army ⓘ

Tallinn offensive (1944) → militaryUnitInvolved → 2nd Shock Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2nd Shock Army (Soviet Union)