1st Red Banner Army
1st Coastal Army 1st Red Banner Army | |
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Active | 1938–1953 |
Country | Andrey Yeremenko Afanasy Beloborodov |
The 1st Red Banner Army (Russian: 1-я Краснознамённая армия) was a Red Army field army of World War II that served in the Soviet Far East.
Before 1941
The 1st Army was created in July 1938 under the name of the 1st Coastal Army (or, depending on translation, 1st Maritime Army) in the Far East, part of the
By an order of the People's Commissariat of Defense dated 21 June 1940, the Far Eastern Front was reformed. The army became part of the front and was redesignated the 1st Red Banner Army.[4]
Its initial commander was the later
Order of battle
22 June 1941
The official Soviet archives list the composition of the Army on 22 June 1941:[7]
- 26th Rifle Corps
- 21st Rifle Division
- 22nd Rifle Division
- 26th Rifle Division
- 59th Rifle Corps
- 39th Rifle Division
- 59th Rifle Division
- 1st Rifle Brigade
- 4th Rifle Brigade
- 8th Cavalry Division
- 105th Fortified Region
- 30th Mechanized Corps
9 Aug 1945
- 26th Rifle Corps
- 59th Rifle Corps
6 rifle divisions, 3 tank brigades (75th, 77th, 257th), 3 SP regiments, 6 SP battalions, 1 heavy tank/SP gun regiment, 5 artillery brigades.
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Until the war's end in 1945, the 1st Red Banner Army covered some of the long far eastern borders of the
Postwar
In September 1945 the army became part of the newly formed Transbaikal–Amur Military District after moving its headquarters to Blagoveshchensk, where it absorbed troops from the disbanded 15th Army and 2nd Red Banner Army. On 1 October it included the 26th Rifle Corps with the 3rd, 12th, and 231st Rifle Divisions, the 59th Rifle Corps with the 39th and 59th Rifle Divisions, and the 101st Fortified Region. By the end of the year, the 35th Rifle Division had joined the 59th Rifle Corps and the 4th and 102nd Fortified Regions became part of the army. In 1946, the three fortified regions were converted into the 13th and 14th Machine Gun Artillery Brigades. The headquarters of the 26th Rifle Corps was disbanded in July, and the 3rd and 59th Rifle Divisions disbanded on 30 August. The 59th Rifle Corps was disbanded in March 1947.[9]
In May, the army was transferred to the
Commanders
The following officers commanded the army during its existence:
- Kuzma Podlas 1938–1939
- Markian Popov 07.1939-01.1941
- Andrei Yeremenko01.1941 – 06.1941
- Vasily Vasilyev 06.1941 to 10.1942
- Michael Savushkin 10.1942 to 06.1945
- Colonel General Afanasy Beloborodov (28 June 1945 – 12 June 1946)[10]
- Lieutenant General Alexei Danilov (12 June – 30 July 1946)[10]
- Colonel General Vladimir Kolpakchi (30 July 1946 – 12 March 1950)[10]
- Colonel General Dmitry Lelyushenko (13 March 1950 – 24 April 1953)[10]
Sources
Citations
- ^ John Erickson, Road to Stalingrad, 2003 edition, p.56
- ^ Keith E. Bonn (ed), Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, Aberjona Press, Bedford, PA, 2005, p.307
- ^ a b Dvoinykh, Kariaeva, Stegantsev, eds. 1993, p. 446.
- ^ a b Dvoinykh, Kariaeva, Stegantsev, eds. 1991, pp. 394–395.
- ^ Dvoinykh, Kariaeva, Stegantsev, eds. 1993, p. 448.
- ^ "Состав и дислокация авиационных корпусов, дивизий и бригад ВВС Красной Армии на 22 июня 1941 г." www.soldat.ru. Retrieved 16 December 2022., based upon Калашников К.А., Феськов В.И., Чмыхало А.Ю., Голиков В.И. "Красная Армия в июне 1941 года (статистический сборник)". - Томск: Изд-во Том. ун-та, 2001. - 200 с.
- ^ Combat Composition of the Soviet Army Archived 6 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 22 June 1941 and Orbat.com/Niehorster, Administrative Order of Battle, 1st Army, 22 June 1941
- David Glantz, August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, CGSC
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, pp. 565–566.
- ^ a b c d e Feskov et al 2013, p. 581.
Bibliography
- Dvoinykh, L.V.; Kariaeva, T.F.; Stegantsev, M.V., eds. (1991). Центральный государственный архив Советской армии [Central State Archive of the Soviet Army] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Minneapolis: Eastview Publications. ISBN 1-879944-02-2.
- Dvoinykh, L.V.; Kariaeva, T.F.; Stegantsev, M.V., eds. (1993). Центральный государственный архив Советской армии [Central State Archive of the Soviet Army] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Minneapolis: Eastview Publications. ISBN 1-879944-03-0.
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
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