2nd Baltic Front
The 2nd Baltic Front ( Russian 2-й Прибалтийский фронт ) was a major unit of the Red Army in World War II .
history
The front was set up on October 20, 1943 at the same time as the 1st Baltic Front on the Lowat and initially consisted of the 3rd Shock Army , the 6th and 10th Guard Army , the 20th and 22nd Army and the 15th Air Army. The front took part in the Leningrad-Novgorod Operation in early 1944 , with the attack of the 22nd Army in the Kholm area against the German 16th Army . From February 18 to March 1, 1944, the 2nd Baltic Front carried out the Staraya Russa - Novorschewer Operation, in which the Germans, however, preferred to retreat to the panther position rather than fight and the 3rd Shock Army was denied a major success. Only the breakthrough of the 1st Shock Army of the Leningrad Front in the rear of the German positions in the Dno area made it possible to catch up to the Velikaya sector. The Commander-in-Chief Popov was replaced in April 1944 by Marshal Yeryomenko, under whom the front was subordinate to the following major units:
- 1st Shock Army - Colonel General NJ Tschibissow
- 3rd Shock Army - Lieutenant General VA Yushkevich
- 22nd Army - Lieutenant General GP Korotkow
- 6th Guard Army - Colonel General Ivan Chistjakov
- 10th Army of the Guard - Lieutenant General MI Kazakov
- 15th Air Army - Lieutenant General NF Naumenko
In July 1944, during the Reschiza- Dwinsk operation, the breakthrough at Opochka was forced, the border to Latvia was crossed at Sebesch and Rēzekne was captured. During the Baltic Operation in autumn 1944, the 10th Guard Army led the main thrust over Modohn in the direction of Riga , which was captured in mid-October. As a result of the war, the front took part in the fighting over the Kurland-Kessel in 1944/45. After its dissolution on April 1, 1945, the troops of the Leningrad Front were subordinated.
High command
- Colonel General Markian Michailowitsch Popow (October 1943 – April 1944)
- Army General Andrei Ivanovich Jerjomenko (April 1944 – February 1945)
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Leonid Alexandrowitsch Goworow (February – March 1945)
- Lieutenant General Lev Sakharovich Mechlis (Member of the Military Council, October – December 1943)
- Lieutenant General Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (Member of the Military Council, December 1943 – April 1944)
- Lieutenant General WN Bogatkin (Member of the Military Council, April 1944 – March 1945)
- Lieutenant General LM Sandalow (Chief of Staff, October 1943 – March 1945)
- Colonel General MM Popov (Chief of Staff, March 1945)
literature
- Leonid Michailowitsch Sandalow (Л. М. Сандалов): "Трудные рубежи" , Москва, 1965