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4th Shock Army, the Glossary

The 4th Shock Army was a combined arms army of the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II.^[1]

32 relations: Andrey Yeryomenko, Battle of Memel, Battle of Nevel (1943), Courland Pocket, Filipp Golikov, Front (military formation), Gorodok offensive, Kalinin Front, Kazakhstan, Lake Seliger, Leningrad Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Northwestern Front, Pyotr Malyshev, Riga offensive (1944), Shock troops, Soviet Armed Forces, Soviet Union, Steppe Military District, Toropets–Kholm offensive, Vasily Shvetsov, Vitebsk–Orsha offensive, Vladimir Kurasov, World War II, 108th Motor Rifle Division, 1st Baltic Front, 249th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 27th Army (Soviet Union), 2nd Baltic Front, 332nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 334th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 358th Rifle Division (Soviet Union).
Soviet Shock Armies

Andrey Yeryomenko

Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko (Андре́й Ива́нович Ерёменко; Ukrainian: Андрій Іванович Єрьоменко; November 19, 1970) was a Soviet general during World War II and Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Battle of Memel

The Battle of Memel or the Siege of Memel (Erste Kurlandschlacht) was a battle which took place on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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The Battle of Nevel was a successful military operation conducted by the Red Army in the Pskov Oblast of western Russia and in northern Belarus during World War II, from October 6 to roughly December 16, 1943, although fighting persisted in the area into the new year.

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Courland Pocket

The Courland Pocket was an area of the Courland Peninsula where Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Reichskommissariat Ostland were cut off and surrounded by the Red Army for almost a year, lasting from July 1944 until 10 May 1945.

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Filipp Golikov

Filipp Ivanovich Golikov (Филипп Иванович Голиков; – July 29, 1980) was a Soviet military commander.

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Front (military formation)

A front (front) is a type of military formation that originated in the Russian Empire, and has been used by the Polish Army, the Red Army, the Soviet Army, and Turkey.

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Gorodok offensive

The Gorodok offensive was an offensive operation by the Red Army's 1st Baltic Front against German forces of the 3rd Panzer Army around the town of Gorodok in northeastern Belorussia between 13 and 31 December 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II The offensive had the goal of eliminating the Gorodok salient, encircling and destroying the 3rd Panzer Army, and capture Gorodok and Vitebsk.

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Kalinin Front

The Kalinin Front was a major formation of the Red Army active in the Eastern Front of World War II, named for the city of Kalinin. 4th Shock Army and Kalinin Front are military units and formations established in 1941.

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.

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Lake Seliger

Seliger (p) is a lake in Ostashkovsky District of Tver Oblast and, in the extreme northern part, in Demyansky District of Novgorod Oblast of Russia, in the northwest of the Valdai Hills, a part of the Volga basin.

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Leningrad Front

The Leningrad Front (Ленинградский фронт) was formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front on August 27, 1941.

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Marshal of the Soviet Union

Marshal of the Soviet Union (Marshal sovetskogo soyuza) was the second-highest military rank of the Soviet Union.

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Northwestern Front

The Northwestern Front (Russian: Северо-Западный фронт) was a military formation of the Red Army during the Winter War and World War II.

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Pyotr Malyshev

Pyotr Fyodorovich Malyshev (28 August 1898 – 10 December 1972) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held field army command during World War II.

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Riga offensive (1944)

The Riga offensive (lit) was part of the larger Baltic offensive on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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Shock troops

Shock troops or assault troops are special formations created to lead military attacks.

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Soviet Armed Forces

The Soviet Armed Forces, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922) and the Soviet Union (1922–1991) from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Steppe Military District

The Steppe Military District (translit) was a military district of the Soviet Union, formed twice.

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Toropets–Kholm offensive

The Toropets–Kholm offensive was a military operation conducted south of Lake Ilmen by the Red Army during World War II, from 9 January–6 February 1942.

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Vasily Shvetsov

Vasily Ivanovich Shvetsov (12 March 1898 – 1 October 1958) was a Soviet Army colonel general who rose to field army command during World War II.

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Vitebsk–Orsha offensive

The Vitebsk–Orsha offensive (Витебско-Оршанская наступательная операция) was part of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration.

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Vladimir Kurasov

Vladimir Vasilyevich Kurasov (July 7(19), 1897 – November 30, 1973) was a Soviet military leader, Chief of Staff of Kalinin Front (renamed as 1st Baltic Front) during World War II, reaching service rank of Army General, Hero of the Soviet Union.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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108th Motor Rifle Division

The 108th Nevelskaya Motor Rifle Division, abbreviated as the "108th MRD," was a unit of the Soviet Ground Forces and the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan. 4th Shock Army and 108th Motor Rifle Division are military units and formations established in 1941.

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1st Baltic Front

The First Baltic Front (Russian: Пéрвый Прибалтийский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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249th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 249th Rifle Division was the fifth of a group of 10 regular rifle divisions formed from cadres of NKVD border and internal troops as standard Red Army rifle divisions, very shortly after the German invasion, in the Moscow Military District. 4th Shock Army and 249th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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27th Army (Soviet Union)

The 27th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, which fought in World War II. 4th Shock Army and 27th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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2nd Baltic Front

The 2nd Baltic Front (2-й Прибалтийский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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332nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 332nd Rifle Division was formed in August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, based on a militia division that had started forming about two weeks earlier; as a result it was known throughout the war as a "volunteer" division and carried the name "Ivanovo" after its place of formation. 4th Shock Army and 332nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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334th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 334th Rifle Division was formed in August 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division in the Volga Military District. 4th Shock Army and 334th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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358th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 358th Rifle Division formed in August 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Buguruslan. 4th Shock Army and 358th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Shock_Army

Also known as 4th Shock Army (Soviet Union).