2nd Baltic Front

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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:

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.

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