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During World War II ordinary Soviet armies
initially consisted of a number of Rifle
Corps. In the emergency of 1941 it was found
that inexperienced commanders were finding
difficulty in controlling armies with
subordinate corps, and they were abolished,
to be recreated later in the war. Thus Stavka
Circular 01 of July 15, 1941 directed several
changes to Red Army force structure, the
elimination of rifle corps headquarters and
subordination of rifle divisions directly to
rifle army headquarters among them.
Following the Second World War, an Army was
reorganised with four to five divisions,
often equivalent to a corps in most
militaries. During a war, an Army of the
Soviet military was typically subordinated to
a Front. In peace time, an Army is usually
subordinated to a Military district.
There were large variations in structure and
size. For example, in the October 1944 Battle
of Debrecen, the 27th Army was a massive
organization with nine rifle divisions, an
artillery division, and four attached
Romanian infantry divisions. The 40th Army,
by comparison, had only five rifle divisions.
Both armies were part of the Second Ukrainian
Front.
Special titles given to Soviet armies
included 'Red Banner', following the award of
the Order of the Red Banner and 'Shock'. The
famous image of the flag over the Reichstag
was of forces from 3rd Shock Army's 150th
Rifle Division. The 1st Shock Army was
formed, in accordance with pre-war planning
that saw Shock Armies as special penetration
formations, in November-December 1941 to
spearhead the counteroffensive north of
Moscow in December. A total of five shock
armies were formed, the 2nd (former 26th
Army), 3rd, and 4th (the former 27th Army) by
the winter campaigns of 1942-3. During the
Stalingrad counteroffensive the 5th Shock
Army was the last such formation formed. 2nd
Shock Army was reformed three times, most
famously after being encircled in the Liuban'
operation south of Leningrad, after which its
commander, General Andrey Vlasov, went over
to the German side.
Armies which distinguished themselves in
combat during the Great Patriotic War of
1941-1945 often became Guards Armies. These
included the 8th Guards Army.
Lenin, Trotsky and soldiers of the Red Army
in Petrograd
As World War II went on, the complement of
supporting units attached to Soviet armies
became more numerous and complex. By 1945, a
Soviet army typically had attached mortar,
antitank, anti-aircraft, howitzer,
gun-howitzer, rocket launcher, independent
tank, self-propelled gun, armored train,
flamethrower, and engineer-sapper units. In
particular, the ratio of artillery pieces to
riflemen increased as the war went on,
reflecting the Soviet need for increased
firepower as manpower reserves began to sag
in the face of staggering losses of rifle
troops.
From the Soviet Air Force, Air Armies were
attached to Fronts. They were made up of two
to three Aviation Corps. One of the longest
serving, still active today in the Moscow
Military District, is the 16th Air Army.
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| KETC | Living St. Louis | WWII Re-enactors |
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From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer
Anne-Marie Berger joins in with some of the
country's most dedicated re-enactors when
they gathered at Jefferson Barracks in St.
Louis in spring 2007 to relive World War II
history. Children often play army games, but
for some grown men and women, reenacting
World War II requires the utmost sincerity.
Berger spoke with these World War II
historians about the significance of their
accurate portrayals. Berger says historical
authenticity is of the utmost importance;
participants in the annual event come bearing
restored American, British, Russian and even
German uniforms, tanks, artillery and
supplies—all of which is privately owned
and operated. "World War II re-enactors play
a different role than those portraying Civil
War and Revolutionary War soldiers," Berger
says. "Not only are they trying to educate
younger generations, but they also serve as a
kind of nostalgia for World War II veterans
who are still alive."
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| Americn Civil War Reenactors Angelica, NY |
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From Wikipedia, Date April 12, 1861 April 9,
1865
Location Principally in the Southern United
States
Result Union victory; Reconstruction; slavery
abolished
Belligerents
United States of America ("Union")
Theaters of the
American Civil War
Union blockade Eastern Western Lower
Seaboard Trans-Mississippi Pacific Coast
The American Civil War (1861 1865), also
known as the War Between the States and
several other names, was a civil war in the
United States of America. Eleven Southern
slave states declared their secession from
the U.S. and formed the Confederate States of
America (the Confederacy). Led by Jefferson
Davis, they fought against the U.S. federal
government (the "Union"), which was supported
by all the free states and the five border
slave states.
In the presidential election of 1860, the
Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had
campaigned against the expansion of slavery
beyond the states in which it already
existed. The Republican victory in that
election resulted in seven Southern states
declaring their secession from the Union even
before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861.
Both the outgoing and incoming U.S.
administrations rejected secession, regarding
it as rebellion.
Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when
Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military
installation at Fort Sumter in South
Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a
volunteer army from each state, leading to
declarations of secession by four more
Southern slave states. Both sides raised
armies as the Union assumed control of the
border states early in the war and
established a naval blockade. In September
1862, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
made ending slavery in the South a war goal,
and dissuaded the British from intervening.
Confederate commander Robert E. Lee won
battles in the east, but in 1863 his
northward advance was turned back at
Gettysburg and, in the west, the Union gained
control of the Mississippi River at the
Battle of Vicksburg, thereby splitting the
Confederacy. Long-term Union advantages in
men and material were realized in 1864 when
Ulysses S. Grant fought battles of attrition
against Lee as Union general William Sherman
captured Atlanta, Georgia, and marched to the
sea. Confederate resistance collapsed after
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court
House on April 9, 1865.
The war, the deadliest in American history,
caused 620,000 soldier deaths and an
undetermined number of civilian casualties,
ended slavery in the United States, restored
the Union by settling the issue of secession
and strengthened the role of the federal
government. The social, political, economic
and racial issues of the war continue to
shape contemporary American policies.
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