1st Baltic Front

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1st Baltic Front
Active 1943-1945
Country Soviet Union
Type Army Group Command
Role Co-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in the Baltic, North Poland and East Prussian regions
Size 3 Armies
Engagements Bagration
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Hovhannes Bagramyan

The First Baltic Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. It was formed by re-naming the Kalinin Front in October-December 1943 and took part in several important military operations, most notably Bagration in the summer of 1944.

[edit] Composition

As of June 23, 1944, the First Baltic Front consisted of the following units and their commanders:

Baltic Front, led by front commander Army General Hovhannes Bagramyan

4th Shock Army, led by General-Lieutenant P. F. Malyshev

  • 83rd Rifle Corps

6th Guards Army, led by General Lieutenant I. M. Chistyakov

  • 2nd Guards Rifle Corps
  • 22nd Guards Rifle Corps
  • 23rd Guards Rifle Corps
  • 103rd Guards Rifle Corps
  • Army artillery

43rd Army, led by General Lieutenant A. P. Belaborodov

  • 1st Rifle Corps
  • 60th Rifle Corps
  • 92nd Rifle Corps
  • 1st Tank Corps

3rd Air Army, led by General Lieutenant N. F. Papivin

  • 11th Fighter Aviation Corps

[edit] References

  • Zaloga, Steven J. Bagration 1944 - The Destruction of Army Group Center. New York: Osprey Publishing, 1996, p. 24 ISBN 1-8553-2478-4
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