4th Guards Army (Soviet Union)

The Fourth Guards Army was an elite army headquarters of the Soviet Union during World War II and the postwar era.

Formed on the basis of the 24th Army on April 16, 1943, the Fourth Guards Army fought in decisive actions such as the Battle of Kursk, the Iassy-Kishinev Offensive, the struggle for central Hungary, and the Vienna Offensive. At the end of the war, the Fourth Guards Army was part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.

The order of battle for the Fourth Guards Army on May 1, 1945 was:

Fourth Guards Army

20th Guards Rifle Corps

5th Guards Airborne Division

7th Guards Airborne Division

80th Guards Rifle Division

21st Guards Rifle Corps

41st Guards Rifle Division

62nd Guards Rifle Division

66th Guards Rifle Division

69th Guards Rifle Division

31st Guards Rifle Corps

4th Guards Rifle Division

34th Guards Rifle Division

40th Guards Rifle Division

123rd Gun-Artillery Brigade

438th Antitank Regiment

466th Mortar Regiment

257th Anti-aircraft Regiment

56th Engineer-Sapper Brigade

After the war for a period the 4th Guards Army joined the Central Group of Forces in Austria until its withdrawal.

[edit] Article Sources

The Red Army Order of Battle in the Great Patriotic War, Robert G. Poirier and Albert Z. Conner, Novato: Presidio Press, 1985. ISBN 0-89141-237-9.
Order of Battle of the Soviet Army 1941 - 1945 (official Soviet order of battle from General Staff archives), Moscow: Ministry of Defense, 1990.

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