Active 1943–1947 Branch Red Army/Soviet Army | Country Soviet Union Type Field army | |
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Engagements World War II, Battle of Kursk Notable commanders Grigory Kulik, Georgiy Zakharov Similar 7th Guards Army, 5th Red Banner Army, 2nd Shock Army, Long Range Aviation, Soviet Armed Forces | ||
The Fourth Guards Army was an elite army headquarters of the Soviet Union during World War II and the postwar era.
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On April 16, 1943, the Supreme Command ordered the army to be established. On May 5, 1943, the army was formed on the basis of the 24th Army in the Steppe Military District. It included the 20th and 21st Guards Rifle and 3rd Guards Tank Corps. On July 3 the Army was placed in Stavka reserve, on July 18 included in the Steppe Front, and on July 23 once again put in Stavka reserve.
The Army fought in decisive actions such as the Battle of Kursk, the Iassy-Kishinev Offensive, the struggle for central Hungary, and the Vienna Offensive. At the end of the war, the Fourth Guards Army was part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.
Disbanded in March 1947.
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Order of battle
The order of battle for the Fourth Guards Army on May 1, 1945 was:
Fourth Guards Army
20th Guards Rifle Corps 21st Guards Rifle Corps 31st Guards Rifle Corps 123rd Gun-Artillery Brigade 438th Antitank Regiment 466th Mortar Regiment 257th Anti-aircraft Regiment 56th Engineer-Sapper BrigadeAfter the war for a period the 4th Guards Army joined the Central Group of Forces in Austria until its withdrawal.