Warriors of the 3rd Belorussian Front salute near the city of Pillau. 70 years of Victory. Stamp of Belarus, 2015
The 3rd Belorussian Front was created on 24 April 1944 from forces previously assigned to the Western Front. Over 381 days in combat, the 3rd Belorussian Front suffered 166,838 killed, 9,292 missing, and 667,297 wounded, sick, and frostbitten personnel[2] while advancing from the region some 50 kilometers southeast of Vitebsk in Russia to Königsberg in East Prussia.
belorussian, front, russian, Белорусский, фронт, front, army, during, second, world, activeapril, 1944, august, 1945country, soviet, union, byelorussian, ssrbranchred, armytypearmy, groupsize708, january, 1945, engagementsworld, eastern, front, operation, bagr. The 3rd Belorussian Front Russian 3 j Belorusskij front was a Front of the Red Army during the Second World War 3rd Belorussian FrontActiveApril 1944 August 1945Country Soviet Union Byelorussian SSRBranchRed ArmyTypeArmy groupSize708 600 January 1945 1 EngagementsWorld War II Eastern Front Operation Bagration Baltic Offensive East Prussian Offensive Warriors of the 3rd Belorussian Front salute near the city of Pillau 70 years of Victory Stamp of Belarus 2015 The 3rd Belorussian Front was created on 24 April 1944 from forces previously assigned to the Western Front Over 381 days in combat the 3rd Belorussian Front suffered 166 838 killed 9 292 missing and 667 297 wounded sick and frostbitten personnel 2 while advancing from the region some 50 kilometers southeast of Vitebsk in Russia to Konigsberg in East Prussia Operations the 3rd Belorussian Front took part in include the Belorussian Offensive Operation the Baltic Offensive Operation and the East Prussian Offensive Operation 3 Although costly the advance of the 3rd Belorussian Front was in great part victorious with one of the few defeats occurring during the Gumbinnen Operation in October 1944 3rd Belorussian Front was formally disbanded on 15 August 1945 4 3rd Belorussian Front composition July 1944 5 Army Number and typeof divisions Independent brigades5th 9 rifle divisions1 artillery division1 anti aircraft division 1 gun artillery brigade1 antitank brigade2 tank brigades1 assault sapper brigade1 sapper brigade11th Guards 9 rifle divisions2 anti aircraft divisions1 tank corps 1 gun artillery brigade1 BM howitzer artillery brigade1 antitank brigade2 rocket launcher brigades1 tank brigade1 assault sapper brigade1 sapper brigade31st 8 rifle divisions1 anti aircraft division 1 gun artillery brigade1 antitank brigade1 tank brigade1 sapper brigade5th Guards Tank 2 tank corps1 anti aircraft division 1st Air 6 bomber divisions8 fighter divisions4 close support divisions1 night bomber division Front HQ 3 cavalry divisions3 artillery divisions1 anti aircraft division1 mechanized corps 1 BM howitzer artillery brigade1 rocket launcher brigade1 assault sapper brigade1 motorized sapper brigade1 engineer bridging brigadeCommanders EditColonel General Ivan Chernyakhovsky promoted to full General on 26 June 1944 April 1944 February 1945 Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky February April 1945 General Hovhannes Bagramyan April August 1945 Citations and sources Edit G F Krivosheev Soviet casualties and combat losses in the twentieth century p 155 London Greenhill Books 1997 G F Krivosheev Soviet casualties and combat losses in the twentieth century p 168 London Greenhill Books 1997 G F Krivosheev Soviet casualties and combat losses in the twentieth century pp 145 149 and 155 London Greenhill Books 1997 David Glantz Companion to Colossus Reborn p 36 Lawrence University Press of Kansas 2005 Combat composition of the Soviet Army 1 July 1944 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 3rd Belorussian Front amp oldid 1119980418, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
