27th Army (Soviet Union)

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27th Army
Active
  • May–December 1941
  • 1942–1946
Country 
Field Army
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Nikolai Berzarin

The 27th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, which fought in World War II.

First formation

The 27th Army was formed in May 1941, under the command of Major General

Baltic Strategic Defensive Operation
.

From June to October 1941 the 27th Army fought on the

Staraya Russa Offensive, and at Kholm and Demyansk. By 1 November 1941 the army's forces had been reduced to the 23rd and 33rd Rifle Divisions, the 613th Artillery Regiment of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (RVGK), the 28th Tank Division, and three Battalions of engineers.[2]

In December 1941 the first formation of the army was renamed the 4th Shock Army.

Second formation

The army reformed in May 1942, within the

Vienna Offensive.[3]

After the end of the war, it was ordered withdrawn to Romania by 20 August 1945, and concentrated in the areas of

125th Guards Rifle Divisions). Shortly afterwards, the 27th Army was withdrawn to the Carpathian Military District.[4] There, its headquarters was disbanded on 4 August 1946,[5] and its three rifle corps were directly subordinated to the district headquarters.[6]

Commanders

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ "Order of Battle, 27th Army, 22 June 1941". Orbat.com. Retrieved 21 March 2010. (Leo Niehorster)
  2. ^ "Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, 1 November 1941". Tashv.nm.ru. Archived from the original on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  3. ^ Glantz et al. 2005, p. 318.
  4. ^ Feskov et al. 2013, pp. 421–422.
  5. ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 130.
  6. ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 463.

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