The 3rd Army (Russian: 3-я армия) was a field army of the Red Army during World War II. The 3rd Army was formed on 15 September 1939 from the Vitebsk Group...

Empire) 3rd Army (RSFSR) 3rd Army (Soviet Union) 3rd Combined Arms Army 3rd Army (Austria-Hungary) Third Army (Bulgaria) 3rd Army (France) Third Army (Egypt)...

The 3rd Guards Tank Army (Russian: 3-я гвардейская танковая армия) was a tank army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. The...

of various countries, including the Soviet Union. This article serves a central point of reference for Soviet armies without individual articles, and explains...

3rd Army (Russian Empire) 3rd Army (Soviet Union) 3rd Guards Army (Soviet Union) 3rd Guards Tank Army (Soviet Union) 3rd Shock Army (Soviet Union) 3rd Air...

Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during...

of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991)...

Soviet Union in 1944, from the previously existing Polish I Corps in the Soviet Union, as part of the People's Army of Poland (LWP). The First Army fought...

The 1st Guards Army was a Soviet Guards field army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. On August 6, 1942, the army formed from the 2nd...

The 3rd Shock Army (Russian: Третья ударная армия) was a field army of the Red Army formed during the Second World War. The "Shock" armies were created...

3rd Guards Army (Russian: 3-я гвардейская армия) was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. The army fought...

Marking the beginning of the 46-year-long Afghan conflict, it saw the Soviet Union and the Afghan military fight against the rebelling Afghan mujahideen...

right of the Italians. At about the same time, the Soviet 3rd Tank Army and parts of the Soviet 40th Army hit the Hungarians to the left of the Italians....

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The...

appointed deputy chief of operations of the Red Army. Soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Vasilevsky was promoted to chief...

eventually saw the Soviet armies retake all of Soviet territory and push west into Poland and beyond into Germany itself. The 5th Army itself only advanced...

Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. It also brought an end to the Soviet Union's federal government and General Secretary...

Rank insignias of Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Маршал Советского Союза, romanized: Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, pronounced...

the youngest-ever Soviet General of the army. For his leadership during World War II he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice. He died from...

also called Polish Army in the USSR, were the Polish military forces established in the Soviet Union during World War II. Two armies were formed separately...

Panzer Corps 3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I 3rd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 3rd Rifle Corps, Soviet Union 3rd Army Corps (Russia)...

Army Group's 2nd Panzer Group under Colonel General Heinz Guderian and the 3rd Panzer Group under Colonel General Hermann Hoth decimated the Soviet frontier...

This article deals with the history and development of tanks of the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation; from their first use...

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922...

Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established...

considered Nazi Germany to be the greatest threat to the Soviet Union. However, as the Red Army was perceived as not strong enough, and the USSR sought...

military district). During the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, the 11th Army included the 16th Rifle Corps (which included the 5th,...

Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, romanized: Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded...

also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a theatre...

The 3rd Belorussian Front (Russian: 3-й Белорусский фронт) was a Front of the Red Army during the Second World War. The 3rd Belorussian Front was created...