The Army was first under Commander (Second rank) Vsevolod Yakovlev, but he was removed from command of his army and returned to Leningrad. Command of the war operation Kirill Meretskov was called-off due to extensive failures and heavy casualties, and he replaced Yakovlev as the commander of the Seventh Army.[2]
7th Army was reformed in Autumn (second half of) 1940 in the Leningrad Military District. Before the German Operation Barbarossa began it covered the Soviet frontier to the north of Lake Ladoga. Since 24 June 1941 the army included the 54th, 71st, 168th and 237th Rifle Divisions, the 26th Fortified Region, the 55th Composite Aviation Division, and some artillery and engineering formations. It became part of the Northern Front, then the Karelian Front, and conducted defensive operations in Karelia, however losing Ladoga Karelia to the Finns in July–August 1941. On 25 September 1941 it was renamed the 7th Separate Army, directly subordinate to Stavka, (VGK – the Supreme High Command), and it remained in that status until February 1944. In the middle of October 1941 – June 1944 it defended the Svir River line between Lakes Onega and Ladoga.
From June to August 1944 the army, comprising now the 37th Guards, 4th, 94th, and 99th Rifle Corps, 150th and 162nd Fortified Regions, and a number of artillery, tank, engineering and other units, as part of the Karelian Front, participated in the Svir–Petrozavodsk Operation. It was disbanded in the beginning of January 1945. On the basis of its headquarters the 9th Guards Army of the Airborne Forces was created on 18 December 1944.[3]
army, soviet, union, army, russian, армия, soviet, army, field, army, during, world, primarily, against, finland, disbanded, 1944, armyactive1939, december, 1944countrysoviet, unionbranchred, armysizeseveral, rifle, corpspart, ofnorthern, front, then, karelian. The 7th Army Russian 7 ya armiya was a Soviet Red Army field army during World War II primarily against Finland It was disbanded in 1944 7th ArmyActive1939 December 1944CountrySoviet UnionBranchRed ArmySizeseveral Rifle corpsPart ofNorthern Front then Karelian FrontEngagementsWinter War Finnish reconquest of Ladoga Karelia Svir Petrozavodsk Operation T 26 light tanks of the 7th Army during advance into Finland 2 December 1939 It first saw action in the 1939 40 Winter War against Finland In November 1939 just before the initial Soviet attack it consisted of the 19th Rifle Corps 24th Rifle Division 43rd 70th 123 RD 50th Rifle Corps 49 RD 90 RD 142 RD 10th Tank Corps 138th Rifle Division and an independent tank brigade 1 The Army was first under Commander Second rank Vsevolod Yakovlev but he was removed from command of his army and returned to Leningrad Command of the war operation Kirill Meretskov was called off due to extensive failures and heavy casualties and he replaced Yakovlev as the commander of the Seventh Army 2 7th Army was reformed in Autumn second half of 1940 in the Leningrad Military District Before the German Operation Barbarossa began it covered the Soviet frontier to the north of Lake Ladoga Since 24 June 1941 the army included the 54th 71st 168th and 237th Rifle Divisions the 26th Fortified Region the 55th Composite Aviation Division and some artillery and engineering formations It became part of the Northern Front then the Karelian Front and conducted defensive operations in Karelia however losing Ladoga Karelia to the Finns in July August 1941 On 25 September 1941 it was renamed the 7th Separate Army directly subordinate to Stavka VGK the Supreme High Command and it remained in that status until February 1944 In the middle of October 1941 June 1944 it defended the Svir River line between Lakes Onega and Ladoga From June to August 1944 the army comprising now the 37th Guards 4th 94th and 99th Rifle Corps 150th and 162nd Fortified Regions and a number of artillery tank engineering and other units as part of the Karelian Front participated in the Svir Petrozavodsk Operation It was disbanded in the beginning of January 1945 On the basis of its headquarters the 9th Guards Army of the Airborne Forces was created on 18 December 1944 3 Contents 1 Commanders 2 References 2 1 Citations 2 2 BibliographyCommanders editThe Army was commanded by the following officers Commander Second rank Vsevolod Yakovlev September December 1939 Commander Second rank Kirill Meretskov December 1939 June 1941 Lieutenant General Filipp D Gorelenko 4 June September 1941 and November 1941 June 1942 Army General Kirill Meretskov September November 1941 Lieutenant General Sergey Trofimenko July 1942 January 1943 Major General Alexey Krutikov January 1943 August 1944 promoted to lieutenant general in April 1943 Lieutenant General Vladimir Gluzdovsky August November 1944 References editCitations edit Data of the Red Army in the Winter War OOB Edwards 2006 p 125 Axis History Forum discussion Ammentorp Steen The Generals Retrieved 27 July 2013 Bibliography edit Keith E Bonn ed Slaughterhouse The Handbook of the Eastern Front Aberjona Press Bedford PA 2005 Edwards Robert 2006 White Death Russia s War on Finland 1939 40 London Weidenfeld amp Nicolson ISBN 978 0 297 84630 7 http samsv narod ru Arm a07 arm html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 7th Army Soviet Union amp oldid 1218192417, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
