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70th Army (Soviet Union)

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The 70th Army was a Soviet field army during World War II. [1]

35 relations: Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin, Andrey Matveyevich Andreyev, Aslan Vazirov, Battle of Kursk order of battle, Battle of the Dnieper, Central Front, East Pomeranian Offensive, German Tarasov, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Ivan Galanin, Ivan Grishin, Kuzma Grebennik, List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (B), List of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917–57, List of Soviet armies, Lublin–Brest Offensive, North Western Operational Command, Order of battle for the Battle of Berlin, Third Battle of Kharkov, Vasily Popov (Soviet general), 102nd Rifle Division, 140th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 1st Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 280th Rifle Division, 2nd Belorussian Front, 307th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 330th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 3rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division, 413th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 49th Army, 55th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 6th Assault Aviation Corps, 74th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Soviet Union), 75th Guards Rifle Division, 76th Guards Air Assault Division.

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin (Алексей Александрович Гречкин, 26 March 1893 – 30 August 1964) was a Soviet army commander.

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Andrey Matveyevich Andreyev

Andrey Matveyevich Andreyev (Russian: Андрей Матвеевич Андреев; 30 October 1905-17 November 1983) was a Soviet Army Colonel general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Aslan Vazirov

Aslan Farhad oglu Vazirov (13 December 1910 – 18 May 1987) was an Azerbaijani Red Army colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Battle of Kursk order of battle

The Battle of Kursk order of battle is a list of the significant units that fought in the Battle of Kursk between July and August 1943.

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Battle of the Dnieper

The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Central Front

The Central Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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East Pomeranian Offensive

The East Pomeranian Strategic Offensive operation (Восточно-Померанская наступательная операция) was an offensive by the Soviet Red Army in its fight against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front.

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German Tarasov

German Fyodorovich Tarasov (– 19 October 1944) was a Red Army major general during World War II.

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Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

The Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1954–1988) (Группа советских войск в Германии, ГСВГ), also known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (1945–1954) and the Western Group of Forces (1988–1994) were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany.

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Ivan Galanin

Ivan Vasilievich Galanin (–12 November 1958) was a Red Army lieutenant general during World War II.

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Ivan Grishin

Ivan Tikhonovich Grishin (Russian: Иван Тихонович Гришин; 16 December 1901 – 20 June 1951) was a Soviet Army Colonel general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Kuzma Grebennik

Kuzma Yevdokimovich Grebennik (Russian: Кузьма Евдокимович Гребенник; 18 February 1900 – 22 September 1974) was a Red Army lieutenant general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (B)

The Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction of the Soviet Union.

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List of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917–57

This is a list of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917–1957.

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List of Soviet armies

An army, besides the generalized meanings of ‘a country's armed forces’ or its ‘land forces’, is a type of formation in militaries of various countries, including the Soviet Union.

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Lublin–Brest Offensive

The Lublin–Brest Offensive (Люблин‐Брестская наступательная операция, 18 July – 2 August 1944) was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the central‐eastern Poland.

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North Western Operational Command

The North Western Operational Command (SZOK) is a command of the Belarus Ground Forces.

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Order of battle for the Battle of Berlin

This is the order of battle that took place on April 16, 1945, in the end stages of World War II, between the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army.

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Third Battle of Kharkov

The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by the German Army Group South against the Red Army, around the city of Kharkov (or Kharkiv)Kharkov is the Russian language name of the city (Kharkiv the Ukrainian one); both Russian and Ukrainian were official languages in the Soviet Union (Source: & by Routledge) between 19 February and 15 March 1943.

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Vasily Popov (Soviet general)

Vasily Stepanovich Popov (Russian, Василий Степанович Попов, January 8, 1894 – July 2, 1967) was a Soviet general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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102nd Rifle Division

The 102nd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army which participated in the Second World War.

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140th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 140th Rifle Division was a Red Army rifle division that saw service during the Great Patriotic War.

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1st Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The Soviet 1st Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, it is unclear when the division was first established.

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280th Rifle Division

The 280th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II, formed twice.

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2nd Belorussian Front

The 2nd Belorussian Front (2-і Беларускі фронт, alternative spellings are 2nd Byelorussian Front and 2nd Belarusian Front) (2BF) was a military formation of Army group size of the Soviet Army during the Second World War.

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307th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 307th Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as a standard Red Army rifle division, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role.

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330th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 330th Rifle Division was formed as a standard Red Army rifle division late in the summer of 1941, as part of the massive buildup of new Soviet fighting formations at that time.

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3rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division

The 3rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division was an anti-aircraft artillery division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II and the Soviet Army during the early years of the Cold War.

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413th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 413th Rifle Division was formed as a standard Red Army rifle division in the summer of 1941 in the Far Eastern Front.

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49th Army

The 49th Army (49-я армия) is a combined arms army of the Russian Ground Forces, formed in 2010 and headquartered in Stavropol.

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55th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 55th Rifle Division that served as a Red Army rifle division during the Great Patriotic War formed for the first time in September, 1925 as a territorial division headquartered at Kursk.

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6th Assault Aviation Corps

The 6th Assault Aviation Corps was a ground attack formation of the Red Air Force in the Second World War.

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74th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Soviet Union)

The 74th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division was an anti-aircraft artillery division of the Soviet Union's Red Army (later the Soviet Army) during World War II and the early postwar period.

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75th Guards Rifle Division

The 75th Guards Rifle Division was a Red Army infantry division during World War II and afterwards, which later became the 75th Guards Tank Division and was finally disbanded in the 1990s. The 75th Guards Rifle Division was redesignated at the beginning of March 1943 from the second formation of the 95th Rifle Division in recognition of the latter's courage and heroism during the Battle of Stalingrad. It fought in the Battle of Kursk, defending positions around Ponyri on the northern face of the Kursk Bulge, and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for its actions. The division fought in Operation Kutuzov and the Battle of the Dnieper in the summer and early fall. It was awarded the honorific "Bakhmach" for helping to capture that city. The division then fought in the Battle of Kiev and advanced into eastern Belarus towards the end of the year. In January 1944 it fought in the Kalinkovichi–Mozyr Offensive and received the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class for its actions. From late June the 75th Guards fought in Operation Bagration, advancing westwards into Belarus. For its actions the division was awarded its second Order of the Red Banner. In September the division was transferred to the Baltic and fought in the Riga Offensive. It was relocated to eastern Poland in December and fought in the Vistula–Oder Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and Battle of Berlin in the final months of the war. Postwar, the division was withdrawn to Tula and downsized into the 17th Separate Guards Rifle Brigade. The brigade was relocated to Chuguyev, and became the 64th Guards Mechanized Division in 1953. In 1954 it became the 14th Guards Heavy Tank Division, and in 1965 it was redesignated the 75th Guards Tank Division. The division was downsized into a storage base in 1989, and finally disbanded in 1990.

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76th Guards Air Assault Division

The 76th Guards Air Assault Division is a division of the Russian Airborne Troops based in Pskov.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_Army_(Soviet_Union)

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