The 1st Far Eastern Front is one of the fronts of the Red Army during the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945 .
| 1st Far Eastern Front | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | August 5 - October 1, 1945 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Included in | |
| Wars | The Second World War |
| Participation in | Manchu Operation (1945) |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | K. A. Meretskov |
Content
History
It was founded on August 5, 1945 on the basis of the Primorsky Group of Forces . The field control of the front is formed on the basis of the field control of the Karelian front . The troops of the 1st Far Eastern Front were located in Primorye from Guberovo Station to the border with Korea [1] .
From August 9 to September 2, 1945, the front participated in the strategic Manchurian operation in the Harbin-Girin direction . The troops of the 1st Far Eastern Front, in cooperation with the Transbaikal , 2nd Far Eastern fronts and the Pacific Fleet in the conditions of mountainous taiga, broke through the fortified strip and defeated the troops of the Japanese 1st and 17th fronts of the Kwantung Army. They took several eastern regions of Manchuria and the Liaodong Peninsula .
On August 11, units of the 25th army crossed the Sino-Korean border in the Gyeonggiung area. On August 15, the Japanese command announced the surrender of its troops in Korea [2] .
On October 1, 1945, the front was disbanded. On the basis of his troops and field control, the Primorsky Military District was formed .
Composition
- 1st Red Banner Army
- 5th army
- 25th Army
- 35th Army
- 9th Air Army
- Chuguev Task Force
- 87th Rifle Corps
- 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps
- 150th fortified area
- 10th Mechanized Corps
- Primorsky Air Defense Army
Command
- Commander - Marshal of the Soviet Union K. A. Meretskov (entire period)
- Member of the Military Council - Colonel General T. F. Shtykov (entire period)
- Chief of Staff - Lieutenant General A. N. Krutikov (entire period)
- Front artillery commander - Colonel-General of artillery G. E. Degtyarev (entire period)
Newspaper
The newspaper "Stalin's Warrior" was published. Editor Pavlov Boris Potapovich (1911-> 1985)
Literature
- Gorbachev A.N. Military newspapers of the period 1900-2018 from the collections of the Russian State Library and Archives of the Russian Federation: A Quick Reference. M., Infogans, 2019
Notes
- ↑ Fronts of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Great Patriotic War - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Lankov A.N. North Korea 1945-1948: the birth of the state