- 1st Baltic Front
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st Baltic Front
caption=
dates=1943-1945
country=Soviet Union
allegiance=
branch=
type=Army Group Command
role=Co-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in the Baltic, North Poland and East Prussian regions
size=3 Armies
command_structure=
colors=
march=
mascot=
battles=Bagration
notable_commanders=Hovhannes Bagramyan
anniversaries=The First Baltic Front was a Front of the
Soviet Army during theSecond World War . It was formed by re-naming theKalinin Front in October-December 1943 and took part in several important military operations, most notably Bagration in the summer of 1944.Composition
As of
June 23 ,1944 , the First Baltic Front consisted of the following units and their commanders:Baltic Front, led by front commander
Army General Hovhannes Bagramyan 4th Shock Army, led by
General-Lieutenant P. F. Malyshev
*83rd Rifle Corps6th Guards Army, led by General Lieutenant I. M. Chistyakov
*2nd Guards Rifle Corps
*22nd Guards Rifle Corps
*23rd Guards Rifle Corps
*103rd Guards Rifle Corps
*Army artillery43rd Army, led by General Lieutenant A. P. Belaborodov
*1st Rifle Corps
*60th Rifle Corps
*92nd Rifle Corps
*1st Tank Corps3rd Air Army, led by General Lieutenant N. F. Papivin
*11th Fighter Aviation CorpsReferences
*Zaloga, Steven J. "Bagration 1944 - The Destruction of Army Group Center". New York: Osprey Publishing, 1996, p. 24 ISBN 1-8553-2478-4
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.