The 48th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army, active from 1941 to 1945. The army was first formed in August 1941, and fought in the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation. The army suffered
Soldiers of the 48th Army reading a military newspaper.
The 137th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in early September 1939 in the Moscow Military District, based on the shtat of September 13. At the start of the German inva
48th Army
…29th Rifle Corps (102nd, 217th Rifle Divisions) 42nd Rifle Corps (137th, 170th, 399th Rifle Divisions) 53rd Rifle Corps (17th, 73rd, 96th Rifle Divisions…
Voronezh–Kastornoye Offensive. 13th Army attacked from the north.