43rd Army (Soviet Union)

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43rd Army
Active1941–1946
Country 
East Prussian Offensive
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Ivan Zakharkin

Pavel Kurochkin
Konstantin Golubev

Afanasy Beloborodov

The 43rd Army was a

East Prussian Offensive
before being placed in reserve near the end of April. The 43rd Army was disbanded postwar in July 1946.

History

Battles of Smolensk and Moscow

The 43rd Army was formed on 31 July 1941 in accordance with a Stavka order dated 30 July 1941. The army was formed from the 33rd Rifle Corps and was part of the Reserve Front. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Ivan Zakharkin.[1] By 10 August, it included the following units.[2]

From its formation the army defended the

Mozhaisk Defence Line. The army was pushed further back to the Nara River northwest of Serpukhov, where it stopped the German advance.[16]

During December 1941 and January 1942, the army fought in the counteroffensive at Moscow. Until April 1942 it fought in the Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive. On 20 April the army was defending the line of the

Ugra River west of Medyn. The army held the line until the end of August. On 1 September, it became part of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (Stavka Reserve) and reconcentrated in the area northeast of Demidov. On 1 October, the army was assigned to the Kalinin Front. On 12 October its troops occupied the defenses northeast of Demidov.[16]

From January to August 1943 the army was positioned on the shores of Lakes Lososno, Rydov, Sapsho, and the village of Muzhitskaya, 42 kilometers north of Dukhovshchina. From 7 August to 2 October, the army was involved in the Battle of Smolensk. On 20 October the army became part of the 1st Baltic Front. Between November and December the army fought offensives towards Vitebsk.[16]

Operation Bagration

In February 1944 the army moved to the

Polotsk Offensive between 29 June and 4 July. During the offensive, the army advanced towards Hlybokaye. By 4 July it was in the Kazyany area. Developing the offensive towards Panevėžys, the army captured Švenčionėliai on 8 July. The army then repulsed several strong counterattacks and cut the Daugavpils-Vilnius Railway and Daugavpils-Kaunas Railway. By 14 July the army reached a line north of Salakas and Ovanty. During the advance towards Riga, the army fought in fierce battles for Biržai, which was finally captured on 6 August. From 13 August, the army defended the line of the Lielupe south and west of Bauska.[16]

Operations in the Baltic

In September the 43rd Army fought in the Riga Offensive. In October, the army fought in the Battle of Memel. From mid-October to mid-January 1945 the army was involved in the blockade of the

Samland Offensive from 13 April. On 24 April the army became part of the front's reserve. It was moved to the area of Danzig, Gdynia, and Neustadt. On 1 May it became part of the 2nd Belorussian Front; [16] by this time it included the 126th Rifle Division
.

Postwar

The army remained in Poland with the Northern Group of Forces postwar. Colonel General Vasily Stepanovich Popov took command in July 1945. The army was disbanded in August 1946. [17]

Commanders

The following officers commanded the army.[6]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Glantz 2010, pp. 215, 316.
  2. ^ Appendix No. 2 to the Directive of the General Staff No. D-043, 1970
  3. ^ Glantz 2010, p. 319.
  4. ^ Glantz 2010, pp. 376–377.
  5. ^ Glantz 2010, p. 407.
  6. ^ a b "43-я армия" [43rd Army]. www.nashapobeda.lv (in Russian). Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  7. ^ Glantz 2010, p. 355.
  8. ^ Glantz 2010, p. 417.
  9. ^ Lopukhovsky 2013, p. 117.
  10. ^ Lopukhovsky 2013, pp. 141–142.
  11. ^ Lopukhovsky 2013, p. 145.
  12. ^ Lopukhovsky 2013, p. 148.
  13. ^ Lopukhovsky 2013, p. 150.
  14. ^ Lopukhovsky 2013, p. 240.
  15. ^ Lopukhovsky 2013, p. 243.
  16. ^ a b c d e "43-я АРМИЯ" [43rd Army]. bdsa.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  17. ^ a b Feskov et al 2013, p. 408.

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