57th Army (Soviet Union)
57th Army | |
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Active | October 1941 – February 1943 April 1943 – 1947 |
Country | Vienna Offensive |
The 57th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army that was created in 1941, and then disbanded and created a second time in 1943. The 57th Army was employed by the Soviets in the fight against Germany during World War II.
History
First formation
The 57th Army was formed in October 1941 and subordinated to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (RVGK).[1] Still under RVGK control in December 1941, the 57th Army was made up the 333rd, 335th, 337th, 341st, 349th and 351st Rifle Divisions, as well as the 60th and 70th Cavalry Divisions.
Starting on 1 January 1942, the 57th Army participated in the offensive by
During the May 1942 Battle of Kharkov, the army was surrounded and practically destroyed.[3] Attempting to break out, General Podlas, the army commander, was killed in action. Slowly rebuilt, by December 1942, the army was part of the Stalingrad Front. The 57th Army was disbanded in February 1943 to form the headquarters of the 68th Army.[4]
Second formation
The 57th Army was formed a second time in April 1943 and subordinated to the
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Artillery units
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Engineer units
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The 57th Army became part of the
Commanders
- 10.1941 - 02.1942 D. I. Riabyshev
- 02.1942 - 05.1942 K. P. Podlas
- 05.1942 - 06.1942 A. G. Batiunia
- 06.1942 - 07.1942 Dmitry Nikishov
- 07.1942 - 01.1943 F. I. Tolbukhin
- 04.1943 - 05.1943 Pavel Rybalko
- 05.1943 - 10.1944 Nikolai Gagen
- 10.1944 - 05.1945 Mikhail Sharokhin
- 06.1946 - 02.1947 Colonel General Issa Pliyev
- 02.1947 - 07.1947 Colonel General Nikolai Gusev
Notes
- ^ Glantz, p. 58
- ISBN 9781780961583.
- ^ Newland and Chun, p. 77
- ^ Glantz, p. 58
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, pp. 421-423
References
- Keith Bonn, Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, Aberjona Press, Bedford, PA, 2005
- 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.
- David Glantz, Companion to Colossus Reborn, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2005
- Jean-Luc Marchand, Order of Battle Soviet Army World War 2, 24 volumes, The Nafziger Collection
- Samuel J. Newland and Clayton K. S. Chun, The European Campaign: Its Origins and Conduct, U.S. Army War College SSI, Carlisle, PA, 2011 - Online version
External links
- http://samsv.narod.ru/Arm/arm.html - (Russian)
- Combat Composition of the Soviet Army via tashv.nm.ru