Shibli in order to halt the breakthrough, but due to being taken by surprise, he failed to make the proper counterattack. He also failed to destroy the bridges and highways with explosives, allowing the Soviets to rapidly move through the region.[3] Five Iranian bombers were intercepted trying to attack the Soviet positions around Jolfa.[4]
On 1 October 1941 the army was reported to include the 20th and
77th Mountain Rifle Division, and 103rd Rifle Brigade. Artillery assigned included 547th Cannon Artillery Regiment, 18th Guards Mortar Regiment, and additionally 40th Tank Brigade was part of the army.[7]
In March 1944, the 47th Army was subordinated to the
Key actions that the 47th Army took part in were the liberation of Kovel on July 6, 1944, forcing the Germans out of the Praga suburb of Warsaw on September 14, 1944, and achieving a junction with troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front on April 25, 1945, that completed the encirclement of Berlin.[9]
The 47th Army in January 1945 had nine rifle divisions (77th Rifle Corps with
328th Rifle Divisions), 125th Rifle Corps (60th, 76th, 175th Rifle Divisions), 129th Rifle Corps (132nd, 143rd, 260th Rifle Divisions),[10] 30th Guards Gun-artillery Brigade, 31st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division with four anti-aircraft artillery regiments (1376th, 1380th, 1386th, and 1392nd) plus a separate anti-aircraft artillery regiment (1488th), 163rd Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment, 460th Mortar Regiment, 75th rocket launcher regiment, 70th Guards Independent Tank Regiment, four regiments of self-propelled guns, an armoured train unit, a DUKW
truck battalion, an engineer-sapper brigade, and two flamethrower units.
The 47th Army was inactivated on February 5, 1946, in
Halle
, Germany, after taking part in the occupation of eastern Germany.
Commanders
The following officers commanded the army during World War II.[9]
^"47-я армия" [47th Army]. samsv.narod.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ ab"47-я армия" [47th Army] (in Russian). Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Combat composition of the Soviet Army
, 1 January 1945
Sources
Bonn, Keith (ed.) Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, Bedford: Aberjona Press, 2005
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