Transcaucasus Front

The Transcaucasus Front ( Russian Закавказский фронт Sakawkasski front ) was the name for a large unit of the Red Army during the Second World War .

The Transcaucasus Front was first formed on August 23, 1941 from the Transcaucasian Military District . The associations were involved in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran , which lasted from August 25, 1941 to September 17, 1941. The association existed until December 30, 1941, when it was renamed the Caucasus Front. At the beginning of May 1942 the front was divided into the Crimean Front and the Transcaucasian Military District. The Transcaucasian Military District formed a Transcaucasian Front for the second time on May 15, 1942. On August 25, 1945, the front was disbanded as an association and transformed into the Tbillisier military district.

Front command

• Lieutenant General Dmitri T. Koslow (August – December 1941)
• Army General Ivan Vladimirovich Tjulenew (May 1942 – July 1945)
• Division Commissioner FA Shaman (August – December 1941)
• Brigade Commissar PI Yefimov ( Member of the Military Council , March – November 1942)
• Lasar Moissejewitsch Kaganowitsch (Member of the Military Council, November 1942 – February 1943)
• Major General PI Yefimov (Member of the Military Council, February 1943 – May 1945)
• Major General Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbuchin (Chief of Staff, August – December 1941)
• Major General AI Subbotin (Chief of Staff, May – August 1942)
• Lieutenant General PI Bodin (Chief of Staff, August – October 1942)
• Colonel HE Roshdestvensky (Chief of Staff, October – November 1942)
• Lieutenant General Alexei Innokentjewitsch Antonow (Chief of Staff, November – December 1942)
• Major General HE Roshdestvensky (Chief of Staff, December 1942 – November 1943)
• Lieutenant General SP Ivanov (Chief of Staff, November 1943-June 1944)
• Lieutenant General LF Minjuk (Chief of Staff, June 1944 – August 1945).

Subordinate associations

June 22, 1941 (as the Transcaucasian Military District)

• 3rd Rifle Corps (4th Rifle Division, 20th, 47th Mountain Rifle Division)
• 23rd Rifle Corps (136th Rifle Division, 138th Mountain Rifle Division)
• 40th Rifle Corps (9th Mountain Rifle Division, 31st Rifle Division)
  • 63rd Mountain Rifle Division
  • 76th Mountain Rifle Division
  • 77th Mountain Rifle Division
  • 17th Mountain Cavalry Division
  • 24th Rifle Division
  • 51. Fortified area ( Batumi )
  • 55. Fortified Territory ( Leninakan )
  • Yerevan fortress

January 1, 1942 (as the Caucasus Front)

• 44th Army
• 46th Army
• 47th Army
• 51st Army
• Coast Army
  • 75th, 89th, 91st, 156th, 223rd, 398th and 400th Rifle Divisions
  • 143rd Rifle Brigade
  • 54th motorized rifle regiment
  • 72nd Cavalry Division

July 1, 1942 (as the Transcaucasus Front)

• 47th Army
• 51st Army
• Coast Army
• 5th Air Army
  • 1st Rifle Corps (236th, 302nd Rifle Division, 113th, 139th Rifle Brigade)
  • 83rd, 142nd, 154th Marine Rifle Brigade

17th Cavalry Corps (12th, 13th, 15th, 116th Cavalry Division)

February 1, 1943 (as Black Sea Group of the Armed Forces)

• 18th Army
• 46th Army
• 47th Army
• 56th Army
• 5th Air Army
  • 328th Rifle Division
  • 13th Rifle Corps (staff)
  • 16th Rifle Corps (51st, 107th, 165th Rifle Brigade)
  • 402nd Rifle Division
  • 83rd Rifle Brigade
  • 151. Fortified area
  • 1 mountain rifle brigade
  • 1 paratrooper regiment
  • 1 paratrooper battalion

July 1, 1943

• 54th Army
• 12th Rifle Corps (392nd, 406th Rifle Divisions)
• 13th Rifle Corps (402nd Rifle Division, 94th, 133rd Rifle Brigade)
• 54. Fortified area
• 151. Fortified area
• Occupation troops in Iran
  • 75th Rifle Division
  • 90th Rifle Brigade
  • 15th Cavalry Corps (1st, 23rd Cavalry Division)

December 31, 1943

• 45th Army
• 12th Rifle Corps (392nd, 406th Rifle Divisions)
• 13th Rifle Corps (296th, 402nd Rifle Divisions)
• 94th, 133rd Rifle Brigade
• 54. Fortified area
• 151. Fortified area
• Occupation troops in Iran
  • 75th Rifle Division
  • 90th Rifle Brigade
  • 15th Cavalry Corps (1st, 23rd Cavalry Division)

Operations of the front

• Invasion of Iran (August 25, 1941 - September 17, 1941)
• Kerch Feodosiya landing operation (December 25, 1941– January 2, 1942)
• North Caucasian Defense Operation (July 25-December 31, 1942)
  • Novorossiysk Defense Operation (August 19 - September 26, 1942)
  • Mosdok-Malgobek Defense Operation (September 11-28 , 1942)
  • Tuaps Defense Operation (September 25 - December 20, 1942)
• North Caucasian Operation (Offensive, January 1 - February 4, 1943)
  • Mozdok-Stavropol attack operation (January 1-24, 1943)
  • Novorossiysk-Maikoper attack operation (January 11 - February 4, 1943)
  • Tikhorezk Offensive Operation (January 24 - February 4, 1943)
• Soviet occupation of Iran

literature

• David M. Glantz : Colossus Reborn , 2005. Volume II, p. 40.
• David M. Glantz: The Military Strategy of the Soviet Union. 1992. pp. 314-334.

Web links

• Transcaucasus Front