23rd Army (Soviet Union)
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23rd Army | |
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Active | 1941–1948 |
Country | A. I. Cherepanov Lieutenant-General V. I. Shvetsov |
The 23rd Army was a
Formed in May 1941 in
World War II
The Army was formed in May 1941 in the Leningrad Military District for the defence of the southernmost part of the Soviet Union's border with Finland, north and northeast of Vyborg. The 7th Army was located on its right flank.
The Army initially included the
On 24 June, the Army was included in the
Due to a reorganization, the army was transferred to the Leningrad Front on 24 August. The 23rd Army had
From 1942 to June 1944 the Army defended North Western approaches to Leningrad. In June 1944, the Army, including the
On 1 May 1945, operating under the
Postwar
On 9 July 1945, the Leningrad Front became the Leningrad Military District. In the postwar period, the Army initially included the
Commanding officers
The following officers commanded the 23rd Army:
- Lieutenant-General Pyotr Pshennikov (25 May – 6 August 1941)
- Lieutenant-General M.N. Gerasimov (6 August – 8 September 1941)
- Major-General A. I. Cherepanov(9 September 1941 – 3 July 1944; promoted Lieutenant General in September 1943)
- Lieutenant-General Vasily Shvetsov (3 July 1944 – April 1948)[2]
Notes
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 438.
- ^ a b Feskov et al 2013, pp. 430–431.
References
- Bonn, Keith E., ed. (2005). Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front. Bedford, Pennsylvania: Aberjona Press. ISBN 9780971765092.
- 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.
- Lenskii, Ground forces of RKKA in the pre-war years: a reference (Сухопутные силы РККА в предвоенные годы. Справочник.) – St Petersburg, B & K, 2000