Soviet Southern Front
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The Southern Front was a Front 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 Southern Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first version was created on June 25, 1941 from the forces in the Moscow and Odessa military districts. It received additional forces from the (disbanded) Southwestern Front on July 12, 1942 and was formally disbanded on July 28, 1942, with the forces transferred to the North Caucasus Front.
The second version of this Front was created from the Stalingrad Front on January 1, 1943. It was renamed the 4th Ukrainian Front on October 20, 1943.
Commanders
- General Ivan V. Tiulenev (June 1941-August 1941)
- Lieutenant General Dmitri I. Riabyshev (August 1941-October 1941)
- Colonel General Yakov Cherevichenko (October 1941-December 1941)
- Lieutenant General Rodion Ia. Malinovsky [promoted to Colonel General in February 1943] (December 1941-July 1942; February 1943-March 1943)
- Colonel General Andrei I. Eremenko (January 1943-February 1943)
- Lieutenant General Fyodor I. Tolbukhin [promoted to Colonel General in April 1943] (March 1943-October 1943)
External References (See Also)
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