The 1st sapper army - the army of sappers in the Armed Forces of the USSR , during the Great Patriotic War .
| 1st Engineer Army 1 CA | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the engineering troops of the Red Army . | |
| Years of existence | 1941 - 1942 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Type of | army engineer |
| Function | engineering support |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | M.P. Vorobiev V.V. Kosarev N.P. Baranov |
Short name - 1 CA.
Content
Formation
The association was formed in December 1941 on the Western Front as part of ten separate combat engineer brigades (from the 31st to the 40th ). 1 CA was used mainly for servicing the front communications of the front .
By order of the Peopleβs Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 050, dated December 19, 1941, it was decided to organize the publication of newspapers of engineer armies with a frequency of two times a week with a circulation of 10,000 copies each. The newspaper 1 SA was given the name βSon of the Fatherlandβ [1] .
Since February 1942 (without the 35th combat brigade transferred to the North-Western Front ), it restored the Mozhaisk defense line .
Brigades of the 1st Sapper Army were widely used in road and bridge operations. Ice and bridge crossings were built across the Moscow-Volga canal , the rivers Moscow , Istra , Oka , Ugra , Nara , and Ruza . A large amount of work was carried out by builders to put in order roads that became impassable due to heavy snowfalls . In addition, in the rear of the Western Front, the formation was preparing a line along the Mosalsk β Sukhinichi β Belev line [2] .
In September 1942, the army command was transformed into the 33rd department of defensive construction . The 31st, 32nd, 34th, 36th brigades were transferred directly to the front; The 33rd and 37th are reorganized into specialized units , the rest are disbanded.
Composition
- 31st separate combat engineer brigade
- 32nd separate combat engineer brigade
- 33rd separate combat engineer brigade
- 34th Separate Sapper Brigade
- 35th Separate Engineer Brigade
- 36th Separate Sapper Brigade
- 37th Separate Sapper Brigade
- 38th separate combat engineer brigade
- 39th separate combat engineer brigade
- 40th separate combat engineer brigade
Army Commanders
- Major General of Engineering Troops M.P. Vorobyov (December 24, 1941 - February 21, 1942)
- Colonel V.V. Kosarev (March 1942 - May 26, 1942)
- Major General of the Engineering Troops N.P. Baranov (May 26, 1942 - August 31, 1942)
Notes
- β Some answers about sapper armies. Archived April 2, 2015 to Wayback Machine Archived April 2, 2015.
- β Engineering support of operational and strategic tasks of fronts in 1942β1945 (inaccessible link)