The 8th Mechanized Corps, was a mechanized corps of the Soviet Ground Forces. It was destroyed in 1941 in the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. The formation...
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Soviet Union and Russia 8th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union) 8th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 8th Estonian Rifle Corps a unit of the Soviet Army 8th Army...
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tanks. The formation of two mechanized corps was authorized in 1932. The first two corps formed were the 11th Mechanized Corps in the Leningrad Military...
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7th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union) - 26 December 1941, converted to 6th Guards Cavalry Corps, January 1943 8th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union) - January 1942...
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Battle of Brody (1941) (category Battles of World War II involving the Soviet Union)
between the 1st Panzer Group's III Army Corps and XLVIII Army Corps (Motorized) and five mechanized corps of the Soviet 5th Army and 6th Army in the triangle...
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The 21st Mechanized Corps was a formation in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. Initially formed in March 1941, in response to the German...
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1st Mechanized Corps was a mechanized corps of the Red Army during World War II that formed twice. In 1946, the Corps became the 1st Mechanized Division...
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The 4th Mechanized Corps was a formation in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. Initially formed in January 1941, it served with the 6th Army...
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11th Mechanized Corps was a mechanized corps of the Red Army, formed twice. The corps was first formed as one of the original two Red Army mechanized corps...
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battalion. The 5th Mechanized Corps became the 15th Tank Corps, the 7th Mechanized Corps became the 10th Tank Corps, the 11th Mechanized Corps became the 20th...
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The 10th Mechanized Corps was a formation in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. The corps was initially formed in March 1941 in response...
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with 2nd Mechanized Corps in June 1941. 12th Tank Division – with 8th Mechanized Corps in June 1941. 13th Tank Division – with 5th Mechanized Corps in June...
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The corps consisted of the 31st Mechanized Brigade and the 33rd Rifle and Machine Gun Brigade, left behind after the transfer of the 11th Mechanized Corps...
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brigades and most of the 20th Mechanized Corps. Then on 2 July Stalin appointed Semyon Timoshenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union and People's Commissar for...
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Radebeul) 8th Guards Mechanised Corps 11th Guards Tank Corps 2nd Guards Tank Army (HQ Fürstenberg) Soviet 1st Mechanized Corps 9th Tank Corps 12th Guards...
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The 12th Mechanized Corps was a formation in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. Formed in March 1941 in response to the German victories...
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formed as the 19th Mechanized Brigade in 1934 and was one of the units combined to form the 1st Tank Division in 1940. The 19th Mechanized Brigade was formed...
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converted into the 10th Tank Corps when the Red Army mechanized forces transitioned from a mechanized corps structure to a tank corps structure. On 4 August...
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The 25th Mechanized Corps (Military Unit Number 7655) was a Mechanized corps of the Red Army. Formed in March 1941, the corps fought in the Battle of Smolensk...
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German forces encountered the Soviet KV for the first time. The Soviet 2nd Tank Division from the 3rd Mechanized Corps attacked and overran elements of...
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December 1993, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the 8th Army Corps was formed by the redesignation of the 8th Tank Army. The 23rd Tank Division at...
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off from supply lines. Cavalry-mechanized groups were often named after their commander, for example Cavalry-Mechanized Group Pliyev named after Pliyev...
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Cavalry Corps of the Soviet Union's Red Army was a cavalry corps active during the Second World War. It was formed from the 8th Cavalry Corps in February...
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Konstanty Ostrogski Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the unit is 30th Independent Mechanized Brigade "Konstanty...
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20th Guards Motor Rifle Division (redirect from 3rd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union))
Brigade. The division was formed as the second formation of the 3rd Mechanized Corps on 18 September 1942 at Kalinin in the Moscow Military District. Lieutenant...
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personnel of the corps were decorated, while nineteen others were made Heroes of the Soviet Union. The 4th Guards Mechanized Corps was converted into...
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1st Guards Mechanized Corps (Major General Ivan Russiyanov) 1st Guards Mechanized Brigade 2nd Guards Mechanized Brigade 3rd Guards Mechanized Brigade 22nd...
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Danube. After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the 8th Tank Army became the Ukrainian 8th Army Corps. The 8th Mechanised Army was initially formed...
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5th Guards Tank Army (redirect from Fifth Guards Tank Army (Soviet Union))
end of the war. There, the 8th Mechanized Division was transferred and the newly created 15th Guards and 12th Mechanized Divisions joined the army. The...
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field armies designated Guards, which were assigned one or two tank or mechanized corps to conduct encirclements of German defenders after their success in...
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