Reserve Front




The Reserve Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.




Contents






  • 1 First Formation


  • 2 2nd Formation


  • 3 Commanders


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References





First Formation


The Reserve Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first version was created on July 30, 1941 in a reorganization of the earlier Front of Reserve Armies. STAVKA Order No.003334, of 14 July, directed that the Front of Reserve Armies include:[1]




  • 24th Army, with ten divisions, three gun, one howitzer, and three corps artillery regiments, and four anti-tank artillery regiments;


  • 28th Army, with nine divisions, one gun, one howitzer, and four corps artillery regiments, and four anti-tank artillery regiments;


  • 29th Army, with five divisions, five regiments of artillery, and two regiments and one squadron of aviation;


  • 30th Army, with five divisions, one corps artillery regiment, and two AA artillery regiments;


  • 31st Army, with six divisions, one corps artillery regiment, and two anti-tank artillery regiments; and


  • 32nd Army, with seven divisions (apparently including the 8th Rifle Division), and one anti-tank artillery regiment.


This Front was encircled and destroyed at Vyazma.


The surviving forces transferred to the Western Front on October 10, 1941 under the command of Zhukov.[2]



2nd Formation


The second version of this Front was created on April 6, 1943. It incorporated the:



  • 2nd Reserve Army (3rd Formation)

  • 24th Army

  • 53rd Army

  • 66th Army

  • 47th Army

  • 46th Army

  • 5th Guards Tank Army

  • eight mobile corps


It was reorganized as the Steppe Military District on April 15, 1943 and eventually designated the Steppe Front.



Commanders



  • Lieutenant General of NKVD Ivan A. Bogdanov [Front of Reserve Armies] (14–30 July, 1941)

  • General Georgy K. Zhukov (August–September 1941)

  • Marshal Semyon M. Budenny (September – 10 October, 1941)

  • Lieutenant General Markian M. Popov (6–15 April, 1943)



Notes




  1. ^ STAVKA Order 003334, Collection of Combat Documents of the Great Patriotic War, ('SBDVOV'), Moscow, Voenizdat, 1958(?), Issue 37, p.13, cited in Glantz, Stumbling Colossus, p.215


  2. ^ Zhukov, Georgy (1974). Marshal of Victory, Volume II. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 9781781592915..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}



References




  • David Glantz, Stumbling Colossus, University Press of Kansas, 1998


  • David Glantz, Colossus Reborn: The Red Army at War 1941-43, University Press of Kansas, 2005









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