Soviet Central Front
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The Central Front was a Front (i.e. a military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries.
The Central Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first version was created on July 24, 1941 from the right wing of the forces in the Western Front, including a new designation of the Third Army and the headquarters of the (disbanded) Fourth Army. This Front was encircled and destroyed near Chernigov and formally disbanded on August 25, 1941. The surviving forces transferred to the first version of the Bryansk Front.
The second version of this Front was created on February 15, 1943. It incorporated the headquarters and forces of the Don Front, plus additional reserve armies. It was renamed the Belorussian Front on October 20, 1943.
Commanders
- Colonel General Fyodor I. Kuznetsov (July 1941-August 1941)
- Lieutenant General M.G. Efremov (August 1941)
- Colonel General Konstantin K. Rokossovsky [promoted to full General in April 1943] (February 1943-October 1943)
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