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| The Soviet 1st Baltic Front (above) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War. It was commanded by Army General Andrey Yeryomenko, succeeded by Army General Bagramyan. It was formed by renaming the Kalinin Front in October 12, 1943, and took part in several important military operations, most notably Bagration in the summer of 1944. The 1st Baltic Front also assisted in lifting the Siege of Leningrad on January 27, 1944, as well as in Operation Samland, at that time known as the Samland Group, captured Königsberg in April 1945. |
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Soviet 2nd Baltic Front (centre of picture) was formed on October
20, 1943 as a result of the renaming of the Baltic Front, itself a successor
of the Bryansk Front 10 days earlier.
From 1 to 21 November 1943, the left wing of the Front took part in the Polotsk–Vitebsk Offensive. In January-February, the front participated in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive of 1944. During the Staraya Russa-Novorzhev Offensive, the Front troops reached Ostrov, Pushkinskiye Gory and Idritsa. In July 1944, the Rezhitsa–Dvinsk Offensive was carried out and the Front advanced 200 km to the west. In August it conducted the Madona Offensive, during which it advanced another 60-70 km along the northern shore of the Daugava River and freed the city of Madona, a major junction of railways and highway roads. In September-October 1944, during the Baltic Offensive, the front troops took part in the Riga Operation and by October 22 reached the Baltic Sea near the Memel river, blocking together with the troops of the 1st Baltic Front, the German Army Group North in the Courland Pocket. Subsequently, until April 1945, they continued the blockade and fought to destroy Army Group Courland. On April 1, 1945, the front was abolished and its troops were transferred to the Leningrad Front. |
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Soviet 3rd Baltic Front (to the right above) was a front of the Red
Army during the Second World War. It was set up on 21 April 1944 and disbanded
on 16 October that year after a series of campaigns in the Baltic states
that culminated with the capture of Riga October 13–15, 1944. During
179 days of existence, the 3rd Baltic Front suffered 43,155 killed and
missing in action as well as 153,876 wounded, sick, and frostbitten personnel.
The sole commander of the 3rd Baltic Front was Ivan Maslennikov.
The headquarters of the 3rd Baltic Front was formed from that of the disbanded 20th Army, and the field armies subordinated to the front were taken from the left (south) wing of the Leningrad Front. Operations that the 3rd Baltic Front took part in include the Pskov-Ostrov Operation and the Tartu Operation. Upon the capture of Riga, the Soviet high command disbanded the 3rd Baltic Front as a headquarters and reassigned its component armies. |
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| Axis airfields. the Luftwaffe attempted the defence of Vitebsk during Operation Bagration, and the fighting in the Courland Pocket, as the Soviet forces drove north and west in pursuit of the prize - Riga |
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