53rd Army (Soviet Union)

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53rd Army
Active1941–1945
CountrySoviet Union
BranchRed Army
SizeArmy
Part ofCentral Asian Military District

Northwestern Front
Steppe Front
2nd Ukrainian Front

Transbaikal Front
EngagementsDemyansk Pocket

Battle of Kursk

Battle of Belgorod

Battle of the Dnieper
Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket

Uman–Botoșani Offensive

Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive

Battle of Debrecen
Budapest Offensive

Prague Offensive

Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Commanders
Notable
commanders		See list

The 53rd Army was a

Prague Offensive. At the end of the war in Europe it was moved to the Far East and fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria
. The army was disbanded in October 1945.

History

First formation

The 53rd Army was created by a Stavka directive on August 23, 1941. Its immediate task was to occupy Iran[3] in conjunction with the British Army and other Commonwealth armed forces in August and September 1941. The purpose was to secure Iranian oil fields as well as safeguard the shipment of Lend-Lease war material from the US through Iran to the USSR. Units of the 53rd Army crossed the border on August 27, overcame resistance from Iranian border guards, and advanced towards Mashad.[4]

As part of the

4th Cavalry Corps (18th, 20th, 39th Cavalry Divisions), 44th Cavalry Division, and 72nd Independent Mountain Rifle Regiment (огсп) on 1 October 1941.[5]

The 53rd Army was disbanded in December 1941.[1]

Second formation

The 53rd Army was reformed on May 1, 1942 from divisions of the

Battle of Belgorod, pushing back German troops from July 19 onwards.[10]

In August and September 1943 the Army fought in the Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive and the capture of eastern

Kremenchug, and fought hard until mid-November to retain its foothold on the right bank.[2]

The Army was transferred to the

Uman–Botoșani Offensive it captured Balta on March 29, Kotovsk three days later and, at the end of the offensive, a bridgehead on the Dniester near Dubăsari.[12]

Then it fought in the

Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive,[8] attacking along the Focșani axis, and entered Bucharest on August 31.[8] On 31 August 1944, the deposed Romanian autocrat Ion Antonescu, then a captive following the 1944 Romanian coup d'état, was taken to the headquarters of the 53rd Army.[13]

At the end of September 1944, the 53rd was on the Hungarian border northeast of

Budapest Offensive north of Abádszalók. In conjunction with the 110th Guards Rifle Division and 3rd Guards Airborne Division of the 27th Army it captured Eger on November 30.[16] The 53rd Army then attacked along the Lučenec axis, reached the Hron at the end of February 1945, and then went on the defensive.[2]

During the

Prague Offensive.[2]

From June to July 1945 it was deployed in

Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation and was disbanded in October 1945.[2]

Composition

The 53rd Army was composed of the following units:[3][17]

1941

1 May 1942

1 July 1943

August 1945

Commanders

The 53rd Army was commanded by the following officers:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "53-я армия". samsv.narod.ru. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "53-я АРМИЯ". bdsa.ru. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  3. ^ a b Feskov, V.I. (2003). The Red Army in the Victories and Defeats 1941–1945 (PDF). Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. p. 17.
  4. ISBN 9781780962214.[permanent dead link
    ]
  5. ^ "Боевой состав Советской Армии на 1 октября 1941 г. [Combat composition of the Soviet Army for 1 October 1941]". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9780714682006
    .
  7. ISBN 9781780964423
    .
  8. ^
    ISBN 0300078137
    .
  9. ^ "Великая Отечественная война, история, документы, воспоминания ветеранов 94-й гвардейской дивизии". www.94d.ru. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  10. ^
    ISBN 9781136287725
    .
  11. ISBN 9780811748643
    .
  12. ISBN 9780700614653
    .
  13. ISBN 9781137574527
    .
  14. ISBN 9780714647906
    .
  15. ISBN 9780811733717
    .
  16. ISBN 9780857730138
    .
  17. ^ "Главная : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". victory.mil.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2015-09-28.

External links

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