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height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Army_flag_(Fictitious).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Red_Army_flag_%28Fictitious%29.svg/23px-Red_Army_flag_%28Fictitious%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Red_Army_flag_%28Fictitious%29.svg/35px-Red_Army_flag_%28Fictitious%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Red_Army_flag_%28Fictitious%29.svg/46px-Red_Army_flag_%28Fictitious%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">several corps or, later, divisions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data">Front or Military District</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Moravian-Ostrava_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian-Ostrava Offensive">Moravian-Ostrava Offensive</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_M%C3%BCnchen" title="Operation München">Operation München</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rostov_Defensive_Operation" title="Rostov Defensive Operation">Rostov Defensive Operation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rostov_(1941)" title="Battle of Rostov (1941)">Battle of Rostov (1941)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mius-Front" title="Mius-Front">Mius-Front</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kerch%E2%80%93Eltigen_Operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerch–Eltigen Operation">Kerch–Eltigen Operation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zhitomir%E2%80%93Berdichev_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive">Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lvov%E2%80%93Sandomierz_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive">Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dukla_Pass" title="Battle of the Dukla Pass">Battle of the Dukla Pass</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prague_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Prague Offensive">Prague Offensive</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>18th Army</b> of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> was formed on 21 June 1941 on the basis of HQ <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkov</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Military District">Military District</a> and armies of the <a href="/wiki/Kiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiev">Kiev</a> Special Military District. </p><p>The Army's commander in 1941 was General-Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Andrey_Smirnov_(general)" title="Andrey Smirnov (general)">Andrey Smirnov</a>. The Army composition on the beginning of the war was: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th_Mechanised_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="16th Mechanised Corps (page does not exist)">16th Mechanised Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-Том_VIII_-_Книга_памяти_Украины_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Том_VIII_-_Книга_памяти_Украины-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=15th_Tank_Division_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="15th Tank Division (Soviet Union) (page does not exist)">15th Tank Division</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=39th_Tank_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="39th Tank Division (page does not exist)">39th Tank Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/240th_Rifle_Division" title="240th Rifle Division">240th Motorised Division</a>, 64th Fighter Air Division and 45th Mixed Air Division</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Rifle_Corps" title="17th Rifle Corps">17th Rifle Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/96th_Mountain_Rifle_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Mountain Rifle Division">96th Mountain Rifle Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/60th_Mountain_Rifle_Division" title="60th Mountain Rifle Division">60th Mountain Rifle Division</a>, 164th Rifle Division</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Mechanised_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="18th Mechanised Corps (page does not exist)">18th Mechanised Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-Том_VIII_-_Книга_памяти_Украины_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Том_VIII_-_Книга_памяти_Украины-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=47th_Tank_Division_(USSR)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="47th Tank Division (USSR) (page does not exist)">47th Tank Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/218th_Rifle_Division" title="218th Rifle Division">218th Mechanised Division</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=55th_Rifle_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="55th Rifle Corps (page does not exist)">55th Rifle Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-Том_VIII_-_Книга_памяти_Украины_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Том_VIII_-_Книга_памяти_Украины-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=130th_Rifle_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="130th Rifle Division (page does not exist)">130th Rifle Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/160th_Rifle_Division" title="160th Rifle Division">160th Rifle Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/189th_Rifle_Division" title="189th Rifle Division">189th Rifle Division</a>, 4th Independent Tank Brigade</li></ul></li></ul> <p>It was caught soon after the start of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a> in 1941 in a huge encirclement south of Kiev along with the <a href="/wiki/6th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Army (Soviet Union)">6th Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/12th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="12th Army (Soviet Union)">12th Armies</a>. This encirclement was part of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uman" title="Battle of Uman">Battle of Uman</a>. A further formation was shattered during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sea_of_Azov" title="Battle of the Sea of Azov">Battle of the Sea of Azov</a> in September–October 1941. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%86%D1%8B,_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B2_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%8E_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E,_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%AE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0,_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_1942_%D0%B3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%86%D1%8B%2C_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B2_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%8E_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E%2C_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%AE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_1942_%D0%B3.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%86%D1%8B%2C_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B2_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%8E_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E%2C_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%AE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_1942_%D0%B3.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%86%D1%8B%2C_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B2_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%8E_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E%2C_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%AE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_1942_%D0%B3.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption>Mortarmen of the 9th Separate Rifle Brigade of the army's 3rd Guards Rifle Corps firing at German positions southeast of Nalchik, November 1942</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 October 1943 the army consisted of <a href="/w/index.php?title=20th_Rifle_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="20th Rifle Corps (page does not exist)">20th Rifle Corps</a> (8th Guards Rifle Brigade, 81st and 83rd Naval Rifle Brigades), <a href="/wiki/55th_Guards_Rifle_Division" title="55th Guards Rifle Division">55th Guards Rifle Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/89th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="89th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">89th Rifle Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/176th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="176th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">176th</a>, <a href="/wiki/318th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" title="318th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">318th</a>, <a href="/wiki/414th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="414th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">414th Rifle Divisions</a>, 107th Rifle Brigade, 255th Naval Infantry Brigade, 10th Guards Separate Antitank Battalion, artillery, armoured forces, and engineers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of Southern, North-Caucasian, <a href="/wiki/Transcaucasian_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Transcaucasian Front">Transcaucasian Front</a>, and the 1st and <a href="/wiki/4th_Ukrainian_Front" title="4th Ukrainian Front">4th Ukrainian Fronts</a> the 18th Army conducted defensive operations in right-bank Ukraine, participated in Donbass, the Rostov defensive and offensive operations, and in the fight for Caucasus. Based on the experience of the <a href="/wiki/Kerch-Eltigen_Operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerch-Eltigen Operation">Kerch - Eltigen landing operation</a>, the Army was uniquely identified as 18th <a href="/wiki/Desant" class="mw-redirect" title="Desant">Desant</a> Army (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">18-я десантная армия</span>) for amphibious operations, between 15 February and 5 April 1944 around <a href="/wiki/Malaya_Zemlya" title="Malaya Zemlya">Malaya Zemlya</a>. </p><p>For this operation the Army included:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>10th Guards Rifle Corps</li> <li>16th Rifle Corps</li> <li>176th Rifle Division</li> <li>318th Rifle Division</li> <li>5th Guards Tank Brigade</li> <li>also two artillery regiments of the High Command Reserve, a regiment of Guards mortars (multiple rocket launchers), <i>desant</i> detachment of Major Kunikov, and elements of the 255th and 83rd Naval Infantry Brigades, elements of 107th and 165th Rifle Brigades, 31st <i>Desant</i> Regiment, machine gun battalion and 29th Tank Destroyer Regiment, all under command of Army Operational Group Grechkin (commanding officer General-Major <a href="/wiki/Aleksei_Aleksandrovich_Grechkin" title="Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin">А.А. Grechkin</a>).</li></ul> <p>The Army reverted to its previous designation for the clearing of right-bank Ukraine, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. For much of this period the <a href="/wiki/24th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="24th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">24th Rifle Division</a> served with 18th Army, and the Division was still serving with the Army in May 1945, along with the 17th Rifle Corps (<a href="/wiki/8th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" title="8th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">8th</a> and <a href="/wiki/138th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="138th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">138th Rifle Divisions</a>) and a <a href="/wiki/Fortified_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortified Region">Fortified Region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the 18th Army was transformed into a Mountain Army in the territory of the <a href="/wiki/Carpathian_Military_District" title="Carpathian Military District">Carpathian Military District</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bukovina" title="Bukovina">Northern Bukovina</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1st_Guards_Mechanized_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Guards Mechanized Corps">1st Guards Mechanized Division</a> came under the army's control while in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> from September 1945 to June 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This army was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements, along with parts of the <a href="/wiki/52nd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="52nd Army (Soviet Union)">52nd Army</a> were used to form the 8th Mechanised Army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Army_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrey_Smirnov_(general)" title="Andrey Smirnov (general)">Andrey Smirnov</a> (June - October 1941), Lieutenant General, killed in action</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kolpakchi" title="Vladimir Kolpakchi">Vladimir Kolpakchi</a> (October - November 1941), Major General</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fyodor_Kamkov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fyodor Kamkov (page does not exist)">Fyodor Kamkov</a> (November 1941 - February 1942 and April - October, 19th 1942), Major General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilia_Smirnov" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilia Smirnov">Ilya Smirnov</a> (February - April 1942), Lieutenant General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Grechko" title="Andrei Grechko">Andrei Grechko</a> (October 1942 - January, 5th 1943), Major General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ryzhov_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Ryzhov (general)">Aleksandr Ryzhov</a> (January - February, 11th 1943), Major General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Koroteev" class="mw-redirect" title="Konstantin Koroteev">Konstantin Koroteyev</a> (February - March, 16th 1943), Major General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Leselidze" title="Konstantin Leselidze">Konstantin Leselidze</a> (March 1943 - on February, 6th 1944), Lieutenant General promoted to Colonel General in October 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevgeny_Zhuravlev" title="Yevgeny Zhuravlev">Yevgeny Zhuravlev</a> (February - November 1944), Lieutenant General</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_Gastilovich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anton Gastilovich (page does not exist)">Anton Gastilovich</a> (November 1944 - 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href="/wiki/20th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="20th Army (Soviet Union)">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="21st Army (Soviet Union)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="22nd Army (Soviet Union)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="23rd Army (Soviet Union)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="24th Army (Soviet Union)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="25th Army (Soviet Union)">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="26th Army (Soviet Union)">26th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="27th Army (Soviet Union)">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="28th Army (Soviet Union)">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="29th Army (Soviet Union)">29th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="30th Army (Soviet Union)">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="31st Army (Soviet Union)">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="32nd Army (Soviet Union)">32nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="33rd Army (Soviet Union)">33rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="34th Army (Soviet Union)">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Army_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="35th Army (Russia)">35th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="36th Army (Soviet Union)">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="37th Army (Soviet Union)">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="38th Army (Soviet Union)">38th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="39th Army (Soviet Union)">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="40th Army (Soviet Union)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Army_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="41st Army (Russia)">41st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="42nd Army (Soviet Union)">42nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="43rd Army (Soviet Union)">43rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="44th Army (Soviet Union)">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="45th Army (Soviet Union)">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="46th Army (Soviet Union)">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Army" title="47th Army">47th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="48th Army (Soviet Union)">48th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="49th Army">49th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="50th Army (Soviet Union)">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Army_(Russia)" title="51st Army (Russia)">51st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="52nd Army (Soviet Union)">52nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="53rd Army (Soviet Union)">53rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="54th Army (Soviet Union)">54th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="55th Army (Soviet Union)">55th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="56th Army (Soviet Union)">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="57th Army (Soviet Union)">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Army_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="58th Army (Russia)">58th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="59th Army (Soviet Union)">59th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="60th Army (Soviet Union)">60th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="61st Army (Soviet Union)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="62nd Army (Soviet Union)">62nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="63rd Army (Soviet Union)">63rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="64th Army (Soviet Union)">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="65th Army (Soviet Union)">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="66th Army (Soviet Union)">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="67th Army (Soviet Union)">67th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="68th Army (Soviet Union)">68th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="69th Army (Soviet Union)">69th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="70th Army (Soviet Union)">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separate_Coastal_Army" title="Separate Coastal Army">Separate Coastal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Red_Banner_Far_Eastern_Army" title="Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army">Special Red Banner Far Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Banner_Caucasus_Army" title="Red Banner Caucasus Army">Red Banner Caucasus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Guards_unit_(Soviet_Union)" title="Guards unit (Soviet Union)">Guards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Guards_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="1st Guards Army (Soviet Union)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Guards_Army" title="2nd Guards Army">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Guards_Army_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Guards Army (Soviet Union)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Guards_Army" title="4th Guards Army">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Guards_Army" title="5th Guards Army">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Guards_Army" title="6th Guards Army">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Guards_Army" title="7th Guards Army">7th</a></li> <li><a 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