Battles on the Western Front 1941. Restored Thrace
Commander of the ZapOVO troops, General of the Army Dmitry Grigorievich PavlovBorn on 23.10 (4.11). 1897 in the village. Smelly now Kostroma region. Member of the 1st World He was rehabilitated by the Commission of the General Staff "due to the lack of corpus delicti" in 1957. | |
Chief of Staff of the ZapOVO, Major General Klimovskikh Vladimir EfimovichBorn on May 27, 1885 in Kokand. On the military service since 1913 Member of the 1st World War in the following positions: head of a mounted scout team, company commander, battalion commander. In the Red Army since 1918. He participated in the Civil War as an assistant chief of staff of the army, chief of staff of a division, chief of a department of army headquarters, chief of a division, and a group of troops. After the Civil War, he was the chief of staff of the rifle corps, the head of the department, and the assistant to the head of the headquarters of the military districts. December 1932 to June 1936 was a teacher at the Frunze Military Academy. From July 1936 - assistant army inspector, from February 1938. - Senior Lecturer at the Military Academy of the General Staff. From September 1939 was deputy chief of staff, from July 1940. - Chief of Staff of the Belarusian Special Military District. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War - Chief of Staff of the Western Front. Major General (1940). Awarded with the Order of the Red Banner, Honorary weapon. |
Deputy Commander of the ZapOVO Troops - Lieutenant General Boldin Ivan Vasilyevich
Member of the Military Council of the ZapOVO - Corps Commissar Fominykh A.Ya.
Chief of Artillery - Lieutenant General Klich N.A.
Head of the Signal Corps - Major General Grigoriev A.T.
According to "Directive of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR and the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army to the Commander of the ZAPOVO Troops" N503859/cc/s [no later than May 20, 1941]:
Border with PribOVO - Oshmeny, Druskeniki, Margerabovo, Letzen, all points except Margerabov for ZapOVO inclusive.
Border with KOVO - Pinsk, Vlodava, Demblin, all except Demblin for ZapOVO inclusive.
Cover area N1 - 3 army
Composition:
Office of the 3rd Army;
control 4
case page;
56, 27, 85
And 24
division lines;
control 11
mechanized corps
29
And 33
tank divisions;
204
motorized division;
6
anti-tank artillery brigade;
11
border areas.
Army Headquarters - Grodno
A task- strong defense of the Grodno fortified region and field fortifications on the Kanchiamietis front, up to Shchuchin claim. cover the Lida, Grodno and Bialystok directions.
N2 cover area - 10 army
Composition:
management of the 10th army;
control 1
And 5 rifle corps
8, 13, 86
And 2
division pages;
control 6 cav. cases
6
And 36
kaval. divisions;
control 6 mechanical cases
4
And 7
tank divisions
29
motorized division;
9
mixed aviation division;
border areas.
Army Headquarters - Bialystok.
6 cavalry building to have in the Tykotsin, Sokoly, Menlyanin area.
border left- claim. Add., Svisloch, Surals, Chileevo and further along the river Bug
A task- strong defense of the Osowiec and Zambrovsky fortified regions and field fortifications within the borders, covering the direction to Bialystok and especially from Johannisburg, Ostroleka and Ostrow Mazowiecki.
Cover area N3 - 13th army
Composition:
control 2 p. case
113
And 49
division pages;
control 13 mech.hulls
25
And 31
tank divisions;
208
motorized division;
border areas.
Army Headquarters Belsk
border left- claim. Kossovo, Gainuvka, Drogochin, Gura-Kalvaria.
A task- with the defense of field fortifications, firmly cover the directions to Bielsk from the direction of Kossy and Sokolow.
Cover area N4 - 4 army
Composition:
command of the 4th army;
control 28 pages of the body
6, 42, 75
And 100
division lines;
control 14 mechanized corps
22
And 30
tank division
205
motorized division;
garrison of the Brest fortified region;
10
mixed aviation division;
border areas.
border left- border of the village of Kovo.
A task- strong defense of the Brest fortified region and field fortifications along the eastern bank of the Bug River, to cover the concentration and deployment of the army.
At the direct disposal of the district command to have:
21
17
rifle division and 50
division division
47
rifle corps, 55
rifle division, 121
And 155
divisions
44
rifle corps, 108
division division , 64
division and 161
divisions, 37
And 143
divisions
Anti-tank brigades - 7
-I in the area of the station Blasostovitsa, Grudsk, Yaluvka; 8
-I - in the Lida area
Mechanized Corps:
17 microns, in the composition 27
And 36
tank divisions and 209
motorized division in the Volkovysk area
20 microns- in the composition 26
And 38
tank divisions and 210
motorized division in the Oshmyany area.
4
airborne corps in the area of Pukhovichi, Osipovichi.
Aviation - 59
And 60
fighter aviation division; 12
And 13
bomber divisions.
3
aviation corps - part of 42
And 52
long-range bomber air divisions and 61
fighter division. The corps is used according to the instructions of the High Command.
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In 13 and 11 MK, according to Pavlov, one division was trained, and the rest, having received recruits, had only a training unit, and even then not everywhere. 14 MK had only one poorly trained motorized division and rifle regiments of tank divisions.
(Institute military history MO RF: Documents and materials; 1941 - lessons and conclusions. M. 1992; Müller-Gillerband B. Land Army of Germany, 1933-1945; TsAMO. F.208. Op.25899.D.93.L.5 (the size of the front with the Pinsk flotilla)Forces and means | Western Front (only serviceable equipment is taken into account) | Army Group "Center" (without 3 Tgr) | Ratio |
Personnel, thousand people | 678 | 629,9 | 1,1: 1 |
Guns and mortars (without 50 mm), pcs. | 10296 | 12500 | 1:1,2 |
tanks | 2189 (2201 if added according to MK) | 810 | 2,7: 1 |
combat aircraft | 1539 | 1677 | 1: 1,1 |
In the first echelon, the Germans concentrated 28 divisions, of which 4 were armored.
In the first echelon of the covering armies, it was planned to have only 13 rifle divisions (WWII, M, 1998).
And here is the data published in the "Secrecy stamp lifted":
The number of troops at the beginning of the Belarusian defensive operation - 625,000 people + 2300 (Pinsk military flotilla)
(Discrepancy at 50,700 people.)
In the course of hostilities, 45 divisions were added to the Soviet troops. The duration of the operation is 18 days. The width of the front of hostilities is 450-800 km. The depth of withdrawal of Soviet troops is 450-600 km. Average daily losses - 23210 people.
Information about the deployment of the Armed Forces of the USSR in case of war in the West
June 13, 1941
...
Western Front
I Ground troops
44 divisions, including SD-24, TD-12, MD-6, CD-2
II Air Force
21 air regiment
3A: 8 divisions, of which: sd - 5, td - 2, md - 1
10A: sd - 5 ( where did the cavalry divisions, the 6th MK and the 29th motorized division go?)
13A: 11 divisions, of which: sd -6, td - 2, md - 1, cd - 2
4A: 12 divisions, of which: sd - 6, td - 4, md - 2
front reserve - 8 divisions, of which: sd - 2, td - 4, md - 2
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From the certificate "on the training of assigned personnel in rifle divisions in 1941":
Order:
64 sd
108 sd- (beginning of training camp - June 1) 6000 people
143 sd- (beginning of training camp - June 1) 6000 people
161 sd- (beginning of training camp - June 1) 6000 people
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From the certificate it turns out that the 44th reserve corps was replenished. None of the divisions of the 1st echelon was replenished.
Approximately, the number of ZapOVO divisions was 9327 people each. (History of the 2nd World War, 12 volumes) with a staff of 14483 people.
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Directive of the NPO of the USSR and the General Staff of the Red Army to the Commander of the ZapOVO [not later than June 22, 1941]
1. To increase the combat readiness of the troops to the districts, withdraw all deep rifle divisions and command and control rifle corps with corps units to the camp in the areas provided for by the cover plan (NPO directive for N503859 / cc / s /).
2. Leave the border divisions in place, having their withdrawal to the border in the areas assigned to them, if necessary, will be carried out on my special order.
3. 44 line corps, as part of the management of the corps 108, 64, 161 and 143 divisions and corps units - withdraw to the Baranovichi area, at your discretion.
Withdraw the 37 division to the Lida area, including it in the 21 division of the corps.
4. The withdrawal of these troops must be completed by July 1, 1941.
5. Submit the withdrawal plan with an indication of the order and timing of the withdrawal for each connection with a courier ... [June 41]
People's Commissar of Defense S. Timoshenko
Chief of the General Staff G. Zhukov
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So, the real location of our units on June 22, 1941. Data compiled from orders and memoirs of military leaders. The most detailed location of parts 4A is indicated in Sandalovo's book "The First Days of the War".
3 army
Army headquarters in Grodno.
Compound | Commander | Headquarters location | Location of parts |
4th rifle corps | |||
56 rifle division | major general Sakhnov S.P. | area of the Augustow Canal 213th regiment in the Sapotskin area (took part in the construction of the Grodno UR) |
|
27 rifle division | |||
85 rifle division | west of Grodno | ||
24 rifle division | Galitsky K.N. | ||
11 mechanized corps (237 tanks, including 31 KV and T-34) | general Mostovenko D.K. | Volkovysk | |
29 tank division | Steklov | Grodno district | |
204 motorized division | Volkovysk | Volkovysk |
6
anti-tank artillery brigade - Mikhalovo area;
garrison of the Grodno fortified region;
11
mixed aviation division;
86
border squad.
124
GAP RGC
10 army
Commander Major General Golubev Konstantin Dmitrievich,
chief of staff - Major General Petr Ivanovich Lyapin.
Army Headquarters - Bialystok.
Compound | Commander | Headquarters location | Location of parts |
5 rifle corps | major general Garnov A.V. | Zambrow | |
86 rifle division | Tsekhanovets | Tsekhanovets district | |
13 rifle division | Snyadovo | Sniadowo-Zambrow area | |
6 cavalry corps | Nikitin I.S. | Lomza | Lomza region |
6 cavalry division | Lomza | Lomza | |
36 cavalry division | Volkovysk | Volkovysk | |
6 mechanized corps (1021 tanks of which 14 KV and 338 T-34) | major general Khatskilevich Mikhail Georgievich | Bialystok | |
4 tank division | Bialystok | Bialystok region | |
7th Panzer Division | major general Borzilov | Bialystok region | Bialystok region |
29 motorized division | Bialystok | Bialystok region |
garrisons of the Osovets and Zambrovsky fortified regions;
9
mixed aviation division - Bialystok area;
border areas.
4 army
commander - Major General Korobkov A.A.
Chief of Staff - Colonel Sandalov Leonid Mikhailovich
Army Headquarters - Kobrin
Compound | Commander | Headquarters location | Location of parts |
28 rifle corps | major general Popov Vasily Stepanovich | Brest | |
6 rifle division | Popsuy-Shapko M.A. | Brest | Brest |
42 rifle division | major general Lazarenko I.S. | Brest | Brest, Zhabinka |
75 rifle division | general Nedvigin S.I. | Malorita | Mednaya district, Chersk, Malorita |
14 mechanized corps (520 tanks) | general Oborin S.I., chief of staff - colonel Tutarinov I.V. | Kobrin | |
22 tank division | general Puganov V.P. | Brest | Brest |
30 tank division (174 T-26 tanks) | colonel Bogdanov S.I., chief of staff - colonel Bolotov N.N. | Pruzhany | Pruzhany |
205 motorized division | colonel Kudyurov F.F. | Bereza-Kartuzskaya | Bereza-Kartuzskaya |
The 49th division was transferred to 4A from 13A.
10
mixed aviation division (commander - colonel Belov M.G.)
(from new types of aircraft: Yak-1 - 20, Il-2 - 8, Pe-2 - 5)
33rd (Pruzhany) and 123rd (Kobrin) fighter regiments,
74th Assault Aviation Regiment - field airfield southeast of Vysokoe
39th bomber regiment (Pinsk);
30
mixed air division (241 aircraft):
138 fighters (I-16 - 44, I-153 - 74 and Yak-1 - 20 aircraft)
55 attack aircraft (I-15 - 47 and IL-2 - 8 aircraft)
48 bombers (SB - 43 and Pe-2 - 5 aircraft)
Kobrin air defense brigade area:
218th and 298th air defense divisions of the RGK,
28th separate anti-aircraft artillery battery,
11th VNOS Battalion
(the anti-aircraft units of the brigade area, as well as the anti-aircraft divisions of the formations of the 4th army, were in the Krupki district camp, 115 km northeast of Minsk, 450 km from the border (!?))
Brest UR:
16th, 17th, 18th machine gun and artillery battalions
Brest border detachment(commander - Kuznetsov A.P.)
120 gap RGK - Kossovo
As Sandalov writes, "the troops of the 4th Army did not have an operational formation, however, the actual location of its formations by June 22, 1941 can be represented as a construction in two echelons: the first echelon - four rifle and one tank divisions; the second echelon - one tank and one motorized division.
* * *13th army
Commander Lieutenant General Filatov Petr Mikhailovich
chief of staff - brigade commander Petrushevsky A.V.
On June 22, the Army Headquarters was in Mogilev in connection with which,
113 sd and 13 microns were transferred to 10A,
49 sd was transferred to 4A
2 rifle corps
(commander - Major General Ermakov A.N.) - In Minsk
100
Major General Russiyanov I.N.) - In Minsk
161
rifle division (commander - Colonel Mikhailov A.I.)
21
rifle corps(commander - Major General Borisov V.B.) in the area of the station Druskeniki, Yasidomlya, Skidel, Dembrovo
17
rifle division (commander - Major General Batsanov T.K.)
50
rifle division (commander - Major General Evdokimov V.P.)
37
rifle division (commander - Colonel Chekharin A.E.) - Lida district
47
rifle corps(commander - General Povetkin S.I.) - in Bobruisk
near Pruzhany, Dams, Kartuzberez, Bluden
55
rifle division (commander - Colonel Ivanov D.I.) - Slutsk
121
rifle division (commander - Major General Zykov P.M.)
143
rifle division (commander - Major General Safonov D.P.)
44
rifle corps(commander - major general Yushkevich V.A.) - Baranovichi district
108
rifle division (commander - Major General Mavrichev A.I.) - district of Minsk
64
rifle division (commander - Colonel Iovlev S.I.) - district of Minsk
8
anti-tank artillery brigade (commander - Strelbitsky I.S.) - in the Lida area
7
anti-tank artillery brigade in the area of Blasostovitsa station, Grudsk, Yaluvka
17
mechanized corps(36 tanks, commander - General Petrov) - Baranovichi district
27
tank division - in Novogrudok
36
tank division - Nesvizh area
209
motorized division - in Ivye
20
mechanized corps(93 tanks) - Borisov area
26
tank division - in Minsk
38
Panzer Division - Borisov
210
motorized division - Osipovichi
12
13
bomber air division
3rd aviation corps (commander - Colonel Skripko N.S.)
4th airborne corps (commander - General Zhadov A.S.) - Pukhovichi district
Pinsk flotilla(commander - Admiral Rogachev D.D.)
Air Force of the Western Front
A total of 16 airfields to base 9, 10 and 11 gardens
Tirnovo (12 km from the border) - 131 aircraft (66 MiG-3 and 65 I-153)
Dolubovo (22 km from the border) - 83 aircraft (50 MiG-3 and 33 I-16)
Vysokie Mazowiec (16 km from the border) - 101 aircraft (70 MiG-3s and 31 I-16s)
At these airfields, all aircraft on the ground were destroyed.
In total, 732 aircraft were destroyed on the Western Front on the first day of the war.
Aviation formations (mixed and bomber) | Enemy aircraft shot down | Shot down in air battles | Shot down by anti-aircraft artillery | Destroyed on the ground | Didn't return from mission |
9 garden | 74 | 74 | - | 278 | - |
10 garden | 23 | 23 | - | 157 | - |
11 garden | 34 | 34 | - | 93 | - |
12 bad | - | 2 | - | - | |
13 bad | - | 15 | - | 46 | |
3rd Air Corps | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | |
Total: | 133 | 18 | 528 | 53 |
Aviation of the Western Front |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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9th garden | Bialystok (management hell) | MiG-3, I-16 | 2/0 | 5/2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
41 iap | Bialystok, Seburcin | MiG-3, MiG-1 | 56/14 | 27/27 | 27 | - | - | - | 16 | |
I-16, I-15 | 22/4 | 36/18 | 36 | 25 | 25 | - | - | |||
124 iap | Bialystok | MiG-3 | 70/8 | 16/16 | 16 | - | - | - | 29 | |
M.Mezovetsk | I-16 | 29/2 | 24/24 | 24 | - | - | - | - | ||
126 iap | Belsk, Dolubovo | MiG-3 | 50/12 | 21/21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | - | 31 | |
I-16 | 23/10 | 42/13 | 42 | - | - | - | - | |||
129 iap | Zabludovo, village Tarnovo | MiG-3 | 61/5 | - | - | - | - | 34 | ||
I-153 | 57/8 | 40/40 | 40 | 11 | 11 | - | - | |||
13 bap | Ros, Borisovshizna | SB, Ar-2 | 51/11 | 45/40 | 45 | 15 | 5 | - | - | |
Pe-2 | 8/0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Total in the air division | MiG-3, MiG-1, I-16, I-15, I-153, SB, Pe-2, Ar-2 | 429/74 | 256/201 | 256 | 55 | 45 | 0 | 110 | ||
10th garden | Kobrin (management hell) | Sat | 1/0 | 3/1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
33 iap | Pruzhany | I-16 | 44/7 | 70/37 | 70 | 29 | 29 | - | - | |
74 cap | Pruzhany | I-153, I-15bis | 62/2 | 70/60 | 70 | 21 | 21 | - | - | |
IL-2 | 8/0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
123 iap | Strigovo, Name day | I-153 | 61/8 | 71/53 | 71 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
Yak-1 | 20/0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
39 bap | Pinsk, Zhabitsy | Sat | 43/2 | 49/39 | 49 | 18 | 18 | - | - | |
Pe-2 | 9/0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Total in the air division | SB, Pe-2, Yak-1, I-16, I-15, I-153 | 248/19 | 263/190 | 260 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||
11th garden | Lida (management hell) | SB, I-16, I-153 | 4/0 | 8/4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
122 iap | Lida | I-16, I-15bis | 71/11 | 50/50 | 50 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
127 iap | Skidel, Lesishche | I-153, I-15 | 72/7 | 53/53 | 53 | 39 | 21 | - | - | |
16 bap | Stomach, Cherlena | Sat | 24/1 | 46/23 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 17 | - | |
Pe-2 | 37/0 | - | - | - | - | 39 | ||||
Total in the air division | SB, Pe-2, I-16, I-15bis, I-153 | 208/19 | 157/130 | 157 | 61 | 43 | 17 | 39 | ||
12th bad | Vitebsk (management hell) | Sat | 1/0 | 4/1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
43 bap | Vitebsk | Su-2 | 46/1 | 71/33 | 33 | 26 | 26 | - | 38 | |
128 bap | Ulla | Sat | 41/1 | 68/31 | 31 | - | - | - | 37 | |
6 bap | Vitebsk | Sat | 18/2 | 54/16 | 25 | - | - | - | 29 | |
209 bap | Balbasovo, Betskoye | Su-2 | 25/1 | 3/3 | 3 | - | - | - | ||
215 bap | Smolensk, Herbalists | I-15bis | 15/1 | 10/10 | 10 | - | - | - | ||
Total in the air division | SB, Su-2, I-15bis | 146/6 | 210/94 | 106 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 104 | ||
13th bad | Bobruisk (management hell) | Sat | 1/0 | 3/1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
24 bap | Bobruisk, Teikichi, Telushe | Sat | 41/6 | 49/35 | 49 | 27 | 19 | - | - | |
97 bap | Bobruisk | Su-2 | 51/26 | 49/25 | 25 | - | - | - | 24 | |
121 bap | Bykhov | Sat | 56/9 | 51/39 | 39 | - | - | - | 12 | |
125 bap | Bykhov | Sat | 38/6 | 55/32 | 43 | 11 | 11 | - | 12 | |
130 bap | Bobrovichi, Gnoyevo | Sat | 38/8 | 51/30 | 51 | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
Total in the air division | SB, Su-2 | 225/55 | 258/162 | 210 | 50 | 42 | 0 | 48 | ||
43rd Iad | Balbasovo (management hell) | I-16 | 2/0 | 4/2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
160 iap | Balbasovo, Prongeevka | I-153, I-15 | 66/5 | 75/39 | 39 | - | - | - | 36 | |
161 iap | Balbasovo, Zubovo | I-16 | 62/3 | 59/17 | 17 | - | - | - | 42 | |
162 iap | Mogilev, Edlino | I-16 | 54/4 | 95/13 | 13 | - | - | - | 82 | |
163 iap | Mogilev, Lubnitsa | I-16 | 59/3 | 82/10 | 10 | - | - | - | 72 | |
Total in the air division | I-16, I-153, I-15 | 243/15 | 315/81 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | ||
313th rap | Slepnyanka | Sat | 20/1 | 67/20 | 38 | 12 | 5 | - | 29 | |
314th rap | Baranovichi | Sat | 5/0 | 35/5 | 35 | - | - | - | - | |
Yak-2, Yak-4 | 28/0 | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||||
161st reserve up | Lepel | I-16, I-153, I-15 | 42/8 | 65/34 | 65 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
162nd Reserve. up | Zyabrovka, Bronnoe, Kholmich | I-16, I-153, SB | 64/8 | 76/56 | 76 | - | - | - | - | |
Total for dep. up | SB, Yak-2, Yak-4, I-16, I-153, I-15 | 159/17 | 243/115 | 214 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 41 | ||
Total Air Force Military District | 1658/205 | 1702/973 | 1286 | 285 | 242 | 17 | 574 | |||
Including new types | MiG-3, MiG-1, Yak-1, Pe-2, Il-2, Yak-2, Yak-4 | 347/39 | 64/64 | 64 | 4 | 4 | 16 1 |
2 - Name of dislocation points
3 - Aircraft types
4 - Number of combat aircraft (denominator - including defective aircraft)
5 - The total number of crews (the denominator - including the number of combat-ready crews capable of simultaneously taking to the air to perform a combat mission, depending on the availability of serviceable combat aircraft and combat-ready crews in the aviation regiments)
6-10 - Crews prepared for combat operations:
6 - during the day in simple weather conditions
7 - at night in simple weather conditions
8 - during the day in difficult weather conditions
9 - at night in bad weather conditions
10 - retrained or commissioned upon arrival from schools
Western Front It was formed on June 22, 1941 on the basis of the order of the USSR NKO dated June 22, 1941 on the basis of the Western Special Military District as part of the 3rd, 4th, 10th and 13th armies. Subsequently, it included the 1st shock, 5, 11, 16 (from May 1, 1943 - the 11th Guards Army), 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30 (from May 1, 1943 10th Guards Army), 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 39th, 43rd, 49th, 50th, 61st, 68th Armies, 3rd and 4th Tank, 1st Air Armies.
The troops of the front participated in the strategic defensive operation of 1941 in Belarus, in the battle of Smolensk (July 10 - September 10, 1941), in the Moscow battle (September 30, 1941 - April 20, 1942)
During the Moscow strategic offensive operation (December 5, 1941 - April 20, 1942), the troops of the front, in cooperation with the troops of the Kalinin and South-Western fronts, inflicted the first major defeat on the troops of Army Group Center and pushed the enemy back 100-250 km from Moscow.
During the Rzhev-Vyazemsky strategic operation (January 8-April 20, 1942), the troops of the front, in cooperation with the formations of the Kalinin Front and with the assistance of the troops of the North-Western and Bryansk fronts, pushed the enemy back in the western direction by 80-250 km, liberated Moscow and Tula region, many districts of the Kalinin and Smolensk regions.
July 30-August 23, 1942, the troops of the Western Front, together with the Kalinin Front, carried out the Rzhev-Sychevsk operation, liquidated the enemy bridgehead on the left bank of the Volga in the Rzhev region.
In the Rzhev-Vyazemsky operation (March 2-31, 1943), the troops of the Western Front, together with the troops of the Kalinin Front, liquidated the Rzhev-Vyazma ledge in the defense of the German troops, moving the front line from Moscow another 130-160 km.
During Battle of Kursk in July-August 1943, the troops of the left flank of the front, together with the troops of the Bryansk and Central Fronts, participated in the Oryol strategic operation (July 12-August 18, 1943) to eliminate the enemy grouping. At the same time, the main forces of the front, using an advantageous enveloping position, conducted the Smolensk strategic operation on August 7-October 2, 1943, in cooperation with the troops of the left wing of the Kalinin Front. As a result of a successful operation, the troops of the front advanced westward to a depth of 200-250 km and liberated part of the territory of the Kalinin region and the Smolensk region.
The troops of the front during the offensive in the Vitebsk and Orsha directions in late 1943 - early 1944 entered the territory of the eastern regions of Belarus.
On the basis of the directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command of April 12, 1944 April 24, 1944. The front was renamed the 3rd Belorussian Front. Three of his armies were transferred to the 2nd Belorussian Front.
Front commanders: Army General D. G. Pavlov (June 1941); Lieutenant General Eremenko A. I. (June-July 1941); Marshal of the Soviet Union Timoshenko S. K. (July-September 1941); Lieutenant General, from September 1941 - Colonel General Konev I. S. (September - October 1941 and August 1942 - February 1943); General of the Army Zhukov G.K. (October 1941 - August 1942); Colonel General, from August 1943 - General of the Army V. D. Sokolovsky (February 1943 - April 1944); Colonel General I. D. Chernyakhovsky (April 1944)
Members of the Military Council of the Front: Corps Commissar Fominykh A. Ya. (June-July 1941); army commissar of the 1st rank, from October 1942 - Lieutenant General Mehlis L. 3. (July 1941 and December 1943 - April 1944); Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (b) of Belarus Ponomarenko P. K. (July 1941); Lieutenant General Bulganin N. A. (July 1941 - December 1943); Lieutenant General Makarov V. E. (April 1944)
Chiefs of staff of the front: Major General V. E. Klimovskikh (June 1941); Lieutenant General Malandin G.K. (July 1941); Lieutenant General, from June 1942 - Colonel General V. D. Sokolovsky (July 1941 - January 1942 and May 1942 - February 1943); Major General V. S. Golushkevich (January-May 1942); Lieutenant General Pokrovsky A.P. (February 1943 - April 1944)
Commander of the ZapOVO troops, General of the Army Dmitry Grigorievich PavlovBorn on 23.10 (4.11). 1897 in the village. Smelly now Kostroma region. Member of the 1st World He was rehabilitated by the Commission of the General Staff "due to the lack of corpus delicti" in 1957. | |
Chief of Staff of the ZapOVO, Major General Klimovskikh Vladimir EfimovichBorn on May 27, 1885 in Kokand. In military service since 1913. Member of the 1st World War in the following positions: head of a mounted scout team, company commander, battalion commander. In the Red Army since 1918. He participated in the Civil War as an assistant chief of staff of the army, chief of staff of a division, chief of a department of army headquarters, chief of a division, and a group of troops. After the Civil War, he was the chief of staff of the rifle corps, the head of the department, and the assistant to the head of the headquarters of the military districts. December 1932 to June 1936 was a teacher at the Frunze Military Academy. From July 1936 - assistant army inspector, from February 1938. - Senior Lecturer at the Military Academy of the General Staff. From September 1939 was deputy chief of staff, from July 1940. - Chief of Staff of the Belarusian Special Military District. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War - Chief of Staff of the Western Front. Major General (1940). Awarded with the Order of the Red Banner, Honorary weapon. |
Deputy Commander of the ZapOVO Troops - Lieutenant General Boldin Ivan Vasilyevich
Member of the Military Council of the ZapOVO - Corps Commissar Fominykh A.Ya.
Chief of Artillery - Lieutenant General Klich N.A.
Head of the Signal Corps - Major General Grigoriev A.T.
According to "Directive of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR and the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army to the Commander of the ZAPOVO Troops" N503859/cc/s [no later than May 20, 1941]:
Border with PribOVO - Oshmeny, Druskeniki, Margerabovo, Letzen, all points except Margerabov for ZapOVO inclusive.
Border with KOVO - Pinsk, Vlodava, Demblin, all except Demblin for ZapOVO inclusive.
Cover area N1 - 3 army
Composition:
Office of the 3rd Army;
control 4
case page;
56, 27, 85
And 24
division lines;
control 11
mechanized corps
29
And 33
tank divisions;
204
motorized division;
6
anti-tank artillery brigade;
11
border areas.
Army Headquarters - Grodno
A task- strong defense of the Grodno fortified region and field fortifications on the Kanchiamietis front, up to Shchuchin claim. cover the Lida, Grodno and Bialystok directions.
N2 cover area - 10 army
Composition:
management of the 10th army;
control 1
And 5 rifle corps
8, 13, 86
And 2
division pages;
control 6 cav. cases
6
And 36
kaval. divisions;
control 6 mechanical cases
4
And 7
tank divisions
29
motorized division;
9
mixed aviation division;
border areas.
Army Headquarters - Bialystok.
6 cavalry building to have in the Tykotsin, Sokoly, Menlyanin area.
border left- claim. Add., Svisloch, Surals, Chileevo and further along the river Bug
A task- strong defense of the Osowiec and Zambrovsky fortified regions and field fortifications within the borders, covering the direction to Bialystok and especially from Johannisburg, Ostroleka and Ostrow Mazowiecki.
Cover area N3 - 13th army
Composition:
control 2 p. case
113
And 49
division pages;
control 13 mech.hulls
25
And 31
tank divisions;
208
motorized division;
border areas.
Army Headquarters Belsk
border left- claim. Kossovo, Gainuvka, Drogochin, Gura-Kalvaria.
A task- with the defense of field fortifications, firmly cover the directions to Bielsk from the direction of Kossy and Sokolow.
Cover area N4 - 4 army
Composition:
command of the 4th army;
control 28 pages of the body
6, 42, 75
And 100
division lines;
control 14 mechanized corps
22
And 30
tank division
205
motorized division;
garrison of the Brest fortified region;
10
mixed aviation division;
border areas.
border left- border of the village of Kovo.
A task- strong defense of the Brest fortified region and field fortifications along the eastern bank of the Bug River, to cover the concentration and deployment of the army.
At the direct disposal of the district command to have:
21
17
rifle division and 50
division division
47
rifle corps, 55
rifle division, 121
And 155
divisions
44
rifle corps, 108
division division , 64
division and 161
divisions, 37
And 143
divisions
Anti-tank brigades - 7
-I in the area of the station Blasostovitsa, Grudsk, Yaluvka; 8
-I - in the Lida area
Mechanized Corps:
17 microns, in the composition 27
And 36
tank divisions and 209
motorized division in the Volkovysk area
20 microns- in the composition 26
And 38
tank divisions and 210
motorized division in the Oshmyany area.
4
airborne corps in the area of Pukhovichi, Osipovichi.
Aviation - 59
And 60
fighter aviation division; 12
And 13
bomber divisions.
3
aviation corps - part of 42
And 52
long-range bomber air divisions and 61
fighter division. The corps is used according to the instructions of the High Command.
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In 13 and 11 MK, according to Pavlov, one division was trained, and the rest, having received recruits, had only a training unit, and even then not everywhere. 14 MK had only one poorly trained motorized division and rifle regiments of tank divisions.
(Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Documents and Materials; 1941 - lessons and conclusions. M. 1992; Müller-Gillerband B. Land Army of Germany, 1933-1945; TsAMO. F. 208. Op. 25899. D. 93. L .5 (number of the front with the Pinsk flotilla)Forces and means | Western Front (only serviceable equipment is taken into account) | Army Group "Center" (without 3 Tgr) | Ratio |
Personnel, thousand people | 678 | 629,9 | 1,1: 1 |
Guns and mortars (without 50 mm), pcs. | 10296 | 12500 | 1:1,2 |
tanks | 2189 (2201 if added according to MK) | 810 | 2,7: 1 |
combat aircraft | 1539 | 1677 | 1: 1,1 |
In the first echelon, the Germans concentrated 28 divisions, of which 4 were armored.
In the first echelon of the covering armies, it was planned to have only 13 rifle divisions (WWII, M, 1998).
And here is the data published in the "Secrecy stamp lifted":
The number of troops at the beginning of the Belarusian defensive operation - 625,000 people + 2300 (Pinsk military flotilla)
(Discrepancy at 50,700 people.)
In the course of hostilities, 45 divisions were added to the Soviet troops. The duration of the operation is 18 days. The width of the front of hostilities is 450-800 km. The depth of withdrawal of Soviet troops is 450-600 km. Average daily losses - 23210 people.
Information about the deployment of the Armed Forces of the USSR in case of war in the West
June 13, 1941
...
Western Front
I Ground Forces
44 divisions, including SD-24, TD-12, MD-6, CD-2
II Air Force
21 air regiment
3A: 8 divisions, of which: sd - 5, td - 2, md - 1
10A: sd - 5 ( where did the cavalry divisions, the 6th MK and the 29th motorized division go?)
13A: 11 divisions, of which: sd -6, td - 2, md - 1, cd - 2
4A: 12 divisions, of which: sd - 6, td - 4, md - 2
front reserve - 8 divisions, of which: sd - 2, td - 4, md - 2
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From the certificate "on the training of assigned personnel in rifle divisions in 1941":
Order:
64 sd
108 sd- (beginning of training camp - June 1) 6000 people
143 sd- (beginning of training camp - June 1) 6000 people
161 sd- (beginning of training camp - June 1) 6000 people
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From the certificate it turns out that the 44th reserve corps was replenished. None of the divisions of the 1st echelon was replenished.
Approximately, the number of ZapOVO divisions was 9327 people each. (History of the 2nd World War, 12 volumes) with a staff of 14483 people.
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Directive of the NPO of the USSR and the General Staff of the Red Army to the Commander of the ZapOVO [not later than June 22, 1941]
1. To increase the combat readiness of the troops to the districts, withdraw all deep rifle divisions and command and control rifle corps with corps units to the camp in the areas provided for by the cover plan (NPO directive for N503859 / cc / s /).
2. Leave the border divisions in place, having their withdrawal to the border in the areas assigned to them, if necessary, will be carried out on my special order.
3. 44 line corps, as part of the management of the corps 108, 64, 161 and 143 divisions and corps units - withdraw to the Baranovichi area, at your discretion.
Withdraw the 37 division to the Lida area, including it in the 21 division of the corps.
4. The withdrawal of these troops must be completed by July 1, 1941.
5. Submit the withdrawal plan with an indication of the order and timing of the withdrawal for each connection with a courier ... [June 41]
People's Commissar of Defense S. Timoshenko
Chief of the General Staff G. Zhukov
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So, the real location of our units on June 22, 1941. Data compiled from orders and memoirs of military leaders. The most detailed location of parts 4A is indicated in Sandalovo's book "The First Days of the War".
3 army
Army headquarters in Grodno.
Compound | Commander | Headquarters location | Location of parts |
4th rifle corps | |||
56 rifle division | major general Sakhnov S.P. | area of the Augustow Canal 213th regiment in the Sapotskin area (took part in the construction of the Grodno UR) |
|
27 rifle division | |||
85 rifle division | west of Grodno | ||
24 rifle division | Galitsky K.N. | ||
11 mechanized corps (237 tanks, including 31 KV and T-34) | general Mostovenko D.K. | Volkovysk | |
29 tank division | Steklov | Grodno district | |
204 motorized division | Volkovysk | Volkovysk |
6
anti-tank artillery brigade - Mikhalovo area;
garrison of the Grodno fortified region;
11
mixed aviation division;
86
border squad.
124
GAP RGC
10 army
Commander Major General Golubev Konstantin Dmitrievich,
chief of staff - Major General Petr Ivanovich Lyapin.
Army Headquarters - Bialystok.
Compound | Commander | Headquarters location | Location of parts |
5 rifle corps | major general Garnov A.V. | Zambrow | |
86 rifle division | Tsekhanovets | Tsekhanovets district | |
13 rifle division | Snyadovo | Sniadowo-Zambrow area | |
6 cavalry corps | Nikitin I.S. | Lomza | Lomza region |
6 cavalry division | Lomza | Lomza | |
36 cavalry division | Volkovysk | Volkovysk | |
6 mechanized corps (1021 tanks of which 14 KV and 338 T-34) | major general Khatskilevich Mikhail Georgievich | Bialystok | |
4 tank division | Bialystok | Bialystok region | |
7th Panzer Division | major general Borzilov | Bialystok region | Bialystok region |
29 motorized division | Bialystok | Bialystok region |
garrisons of the Osovets and Zambrovsky fortified regions;
9
mixed aviation division - Bialystok area;
border areas.
4 army
commander - Major General Korobkov A.A.
Chief of Staff - Colonel Sandalov Leonid Mikhailovich
Army Headquarters - Kobrin
Compound | Commander | Headquarters location | Location of parts |
28 rifle corps | major general Popov Vasily Stepanovich | Brest | |
6 rifle division | Popsuy-Shapko M.A. | Brest | Brest |
42 rifle division | major general Lazarenko I.S. | Brest | Brest, Zhabinka |
75 rifle division | general Nedvigin S.I. | Malorita | Mednaya district, Chersk, Malorita |
14 mechanized corps (520 tanks) | general Oborin S.I., chief of staff - colonel Tutarinov I.V. | Kobrin | |
22 tank division | general Puganov V.P. | Brest | Brest |
30 tank division (174 T-26 tanks) | colonel Bogdanov S.I., chief of staff - colonel Bolotov N.N. | Pruzhany | Pruzhany |
205 motorized division | colonel Kudyurov F.F. | Bereza-Kartuzskaya | Bereza-Kartuzskaya |
The 49th division was transferred to 4A from 13A.
10
mixed aviation division (commander - colonel Belov M.G.)
(from new types of aircraft: Yak-1 - 20, Il-2 - 8, Pe-2 - 5)
33rd (Pruzhany) and 123rd (Kobrin) fighter regiments,
74th Assault Aviation Regiment - field airfield southeast of Vysokoe
39th bomber regiment (Pinsk);
30
mixed air division (241 aircraft):
138 fighters (I-16 - 44, I-153 - 74 and Yak-1 - 20 aircraft)
55 attack aircraft (I-15 - 47 and IL-2 - 8 aircraft)
48 bombers (SB - 43 and Pe-2 - 5 aircraft)
Kobrin air defense brigade area:
218th and 298th air defense divisions of the RGK,
28th separate anti-aircraft artillery battery,
11th VNOS Battalion
(the anti-aircraft units of the brigade area, as well as the anti-aircraft divisions of the formations of the 4th army, were in the Krupki district camp, 115 km northeast of Minsk, 450 km from the border (!?))
Brest UR:
16th, 17th, 18th machine gun and artillery battalions
Brest border detachment(commander - Kuznetsov A.P.)
120 gap RGK - Kossovo
As Sandalov writes, "the troops of the 4th Army did not have an operational formation, however, the actual location of its formations by June 22, 1941 can be represented as a construction in two echelons: the first echelon - four rifle and one tank divisions; the second echelon - one tank and one motorized division.
* * *13th army
Commander Lieutenant General Filatov Petr Mikhailovich
chief of staff - brigade commander Petrushevsky A.V.
On June 22, the Army Headquarters was in Mogilev in connection with which,
113 sd and 13 microns were transferred to 10A,
49 sd was transferred to 4A
2 rifle corps
(commander - Major General Ermakov A.N.) - In Minsk
100
Major General Russiyanov I.N.) - In Minsk
161
rifle division (commander - Colonel Mikhailov A.I.)
21
rifle corps(commander - Major General Borisov V.B.) in the area of the station Druskeniki, Yasidomlya, Skidel, Dembrovo
17
rifle division (commander - Major General Batsanov T.K.)
50
rifle division (commander - Major General Evdokimov V.P.)
37
rifle division (commander - Colonel Chekharin A.E.) - Lida district
47
rifle corps(commander - General Povetkin S.I.) - in Bobruisk
near Pruzhany, Dams, Kartuzberez, Bluden
55
rifle division (commander - Colonel Ivanov D.I.) - Slutsk
121
rifle division (commander - Major General Zykov P.M.)
143
rifle division (commander - Major General Safonov D.P.)
44
rifle corps(commander - major general Yushkevich V.A.) - Baranovichi district
108
rifle division (commander - Major General Mavrichev A.I.) - district of Minsk
64
rifle division (commander - Colonel Iovlev S.I.) - district of Minsk
8
anti-tank artillery brigade (commander - Strelbitsky I.S.) - in the Lida area
7
anti-tank artillery brigade in the area of Blasostovitsa station, Grudsk, Yaluvka
17
mechanized corps(36 tanks, commander - General Petrov) - Baranovichi district
27
tank division - in Novogrudok
36
tank division - Nesvizh area
209
motorized division - in Ivye
20
mechanized corps(93 tanks) - Borisov area
26
tank division - in Minsk
38
Panzer Division - Borisov
210
motorized division - Osipovichi
12
13
bomber air division
3rd aviation corps (commander - Colonel Skripko N.S.)
4th airborne corps (commander - General Zhadov A.S.) - Pukhovichi district
Pinsk flotilla(commander - Admiral Rogachev D.D.)
Air Force of the Western Front
A total of 16 airfields to base 9, 10 and 11 gardens
Tirnovo (12 km from the border) - 131 aircraft (66 MiG-3 and 65 I-153)
Dolubovo (22 km from the border) - 83 aircraft (50 MiG-3 and 33 I-16)
Vysokie Mazowiec (16 km from the border) - 101 aircraft (70 MiG-3s and 31 I-16s)
At these airfields, all aircraft on the ground were destroyed.
In total, 732 aircraft were destroyed on the Western Front on the first day of the war.
Aviation formations (mixed and bomber) | Enemy aircraft shot down | Shot down in air battles | Shot down by anti-aircraft artillery | Destroyed on the ground | Didn't return from mission |
9 garden | 74 | 74 | - | 278 | - |
10 garden | 23 | 23 | - | 157 | - |
11 garden | 34 | 34 | - | 93 | - |
12 bad | - | 2 | - | - | |
13 bad | - | 15 | - | 46 | |
3rd Air Corps | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | |
Total: | 133 | 18 | 528 | 53 |
Aviation of the Western Front |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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9th garden | Bialystok (management hell) | MiG-3, I-16 | 2/0 | 5/2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
41 iap | Bialystok, Seburcin | MiG-3, MiG-1 | 56/14 | 27/27 | 27 | - | - | - | 16 | |
I-16, I-15 | 22/4 | 36/18 | 36 | 25 | 25 | - | - | |||
124 iap | Bialystok | MiG-3 | 70/8 | 16/16 | 16 | - | - | - | 29 | |
M.Mezovetsk | I-16 | 29/2 | 24/24 | 24 | - | - | - | - | ||
126 iap | Belsk, Dolubovo | MiG-3 | 50/12 | 21/21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | - | 31 | |
I-16 | 23/10 | 42/13 | 42 | - | - | - | - | |||
129 iap | Zabludovo, village Tarnovo | MiG-3 | 61/5 | - | - | - | - | 34 | ||
I-153 | 57/8 | 40/40 | 40 | 11 | 11 | - | - | |||
13 bap | Ros, Borisovshizna | SB, Ar-2 | 51/11 | 45/40 | 45 | 15 | 5 | - | - | |
Pe-2 | 8/0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Total in the air division | MiG-3, MiG-1, I-16, I-15, I-153, SB, Pe-2, Ar-2 | 429/74 | 256/201 | 256 | 55 | 45 | 0 | 110 | ||
10th garden | Kobrin (management hell) | Sat | 1/0 | 3/1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
33 iap | Pruzhany | I-16 | 44/7 | 70/37 | 70 | 29 | 29 | - | - | |
74 cap | Pruzhany | I-153, I-15bis | 62/2 | 70/60 | 70 | 21 | 21 | - | - | |
IL-2 | 8/0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
123 iap | Strigovo, Name day | I-153 | 61/8 | 71/53 | 71 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
Yak-1 | 20/0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
39 bap | Pinsk, Zhabitsy | Sat | 43/2 | 49/39 | 49 | 18 | 18 | - | - | |
Pe-2 | 9/0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Total in the air division | SB, Pe-2, Yak-1, I-16, I-15, I-153 | 248/19 | 263/190 | 260 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||
11th garden | Lida (management hell) | SB, I-16, I-153 | 4/0 | 8/4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
122 iap | Lida | I-16, I-15bis | 71/11 | 50/50 | 50 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
127 iap | Skidel, Lesishche | I-153, I-15 | 72/7 | 53/53 | 53 | 39 | 21 | - | - | |
16 bap | Stomach, Cherlena | Sat | 24/1 | 46/23 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 17 | - | |
Pe-2 | 37/0 | - | - | - | - | 39 | ||||
Total in the air division | SB, Pe-2, I-16, I-15bis, I-153 | 208/19 | 157/130 | 157 | 61 | 43 | 17 | 39 | ||
12th bad | Vitebsk (management hell) | Sat | 1/0 | 4/1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
43 bap | Vitebsk | Su-2 | 46/1 | 71/33 | 33 | 26 | 26 | - | 38 | |
128 bap | Ulla | Sat | 41/1 | 68/31 | 31 | - | - | - | 37 | |
6 bap | Vitebsk | Sat | 18/2 | 54/16 | 25 | - | - | - | 29 | |
209 bap | Balbasovo, Betskoye | Su-2 | 25/1 | 3/3 | 3 | - | - | - | ||
215 bap | Smolensk, Herbalists | I-15bis | 15/1 | 10/10 | 10 | - | - | - | ||
Total in the air division | SB, Su-2, I-15bis | 146/6 | 210/94 | 106 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 104 | ||
13th bad | Bobruisk (management hell) | Sat | 1/0 | 3/1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
24 bap | Bobruisk, Teikichi, Telushe | Sat | 41/6 | 49/35 | 49 | 27 | 19 | - | - | |
97 bap | Bobruisk | Su-2 | 51/26 | 49/25 | 25 | - | - | - | 24 | |
121 bap | Bykhov | Sat | 56/9 | 51/39 | 39 | - | - | - | 12 | |
125 bap | Bykhov | Sat | 38/6 | 55/32 | 43 | 11 | 11 | - | 12 | |
130 bap | Bobrovichi, Gnoyevo | Sat | 38/8 | 51/30 | 51 | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
Total in the air division | SB, Su-2 | 225/55 | 258/162 | 210 | 50 | 42 | 0 | 48 | ||
43rd Iad | Balbasovo (management hell) | I-16 | 2/0 | 4/2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
160 iap | Balbasovo, Prongeevka | I-153, I-15 | 66/5 | 75/39 | 39 | - | - | - | 36 | |
161 iap | Balbasovo, Zubovo | I-16 | 62/3 | 59/17 | 17 | - | - | - | 42 | |
162 iap | Mogilev, Edlino | I-16 | 54/4 | 95/13 | 13 | - | - | - | 82 | |
163 iap | Mogilev, Lubnitsa | I-16 | 59/3 | 82/10 | 10 | - | - | - | 72 | |
Total in the air division | I-16, I-153, I-15 | 243/15 | 315/81 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | ||
313th rap | Slepnyanka | Sat | 20/1 | 67/20 | 38 | 12 | 5 | - | 29 | |
314th rap | Baranovichi | Sat | 5/0 | 35/5 | 35 | - | - | - | - | |
Yak-2, Yak-4 | 28/0 | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||||
161st reserve up | Lepel | I-16, I-153, I-15 | 42/8 | 65/34 | 65 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
162nd Reserve. up | Zyabrovka, Bronnoe, Kholmich | I-16, I-153, SB | 64/8 | 76/56 | 76 | - | - | - | - | |
Total for dep. up | SB, Yak-2, Yak-4, I-16, I-153, I-15 | 159/17 | 243/115 | 214 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 41 | ||
Total Air Force Military District | 1658/205 | 1702/973 | 1286 | 285 | 242 | 17 | 574 | |||
Including new types | MiG-3, MiG-1, Yak-1, Pe-2, Il-2, Yak-2, Yak-4 | 347/39 | 64/64 | 64 | 4 | 4 | 16 1 |
2 - Name of dislocation points
3 - Aircraft types
4 - Number of combat aircraft (denominator - including defective aircraft)
5 - The total number of crews (the denominator - including the number of combat-ready crews capable of simultaneously taking to the air to perform a combat mission, depending on the availability of serviceable combat aircraft and combat-ready crews in the aviation regiments)
6-10 - Crews prepared for combat operations:
6 - during the day in simple weather conditions
7 - at night in simple weather conditions
8 - during the day in difficult weather conditions
9 - at night in bad weather conditions
10 - retrained or commissioned upon arrival from schools
The Western Front - an operational association of the Soviet armed forces during the Great Patriotic War, operated in 1941-1944, was formed on June 22, 1941 on the basis of the Western Special Military District. Initially, the front included the 3rd Army, 10th Army, 4th Army, 13th Army. The command of the front was taken by General of the Army D.G. Pavlov, Corps Commissar A.Ya. Fominykh, chief of staff - Major General V.E. Klimovskikh. In the Battle of Belostok-Minsk on June 22 - July 8, 1941, the troops of the Western Front were defeated: most of the forces of the front were surrounded and destroyed. Of the 625 thousand people, the front lost about 420 thousand, fell into the hands of the enemy a large number of military equipment. The blame for the defeat in the border battle was placed on the front command. On June 30, 1941, the front commander D.G. Pavlov was removed from command, later arrested and sentenced to death. The chief of staff of the front, V.E., was also shot. Klimovskikh, a number of commanders of the front and army level of command and control. On June 30, a new command of the Western Front was appointed: commander - Lieutenant General A.I. Eremenko, chief of staff - Lieutenant General G.K. Malandin, a member of the military council - P.K. Ponomarenko. Already on July 2, Marshal S.K. became the new commander of the front. Timoshenko, Eremenko became his deputy. At the same time, troops of the second strategic echelon were transferred to the front.
In early July 1941, the Western Front included the 22nd Army, the 20th Army, the 13th Army, and the 21st Army. The 19th, 16th, 4th armies were in the reserve of the front. At the beginning of the Smolensk battle, the troops of the Western Front were again defeated, but did not allow the enemy to enter the operational space. July 19, 1941 in connection with the appointment of S.K. Timoshenko, A.I. became the commander-in-chief of the troops of the Western direction; A.I. Eremenko. On July 24, 1941, the Central Front was formed from the left wing of the Western Front, later the Bryansk Front was formed on the left flank of the Western Front.
On July 30, 1941, S.K. again became the commander of the Western Front. Timoshenko, and the chief of staff - Lieutenant General V.D. Sokolovsky. In early August 1941, the Western Front included the 22nd Army, 29th Army, 30th Army, 19th Army, 16th Army, 20th Army. After the end of the Battle of Smolensk on September 10, 1941, the Western Front went on the defensive.
On September 12, 1941, Colonel General I.S. was appointed commander of the Western Front. Konev. At the end of September, the front took up defense in a 340 km strip from Ostashkov to Yelnya, had six armies in its composition: 22nd Army, 29th Army, 30th Army, 19th Army, 16th Army, 20th army. The armies of the Reserve Front were deployed in the rear of the Western Front. On October 2, 1941, the troops of the German Army Group Center began the Battle of Moscow. Having broken through the Soviet defenses, German troops surrounded the main forces of the Western Front in the Vyazma region. The troops of the 16th, 20th, 19th armies, as well as the 24th and 32nd armies of the Reserve Front, were in the encirclement cauldron. On October 5, 1941, the 31st and 32nd Armies of the Reserve Army were subordinated to the Western Front. On October 10, 1941, the troops of the Western and Reserve Fronts were merged into one Western Front under the command of General of the Army G.K. Zhukov. I.S. Konev was left as his deputy on the right flank. On October 19, 1941, he led the independent Kalinin Front as part of the 22nd, 29th, 30th, 31st armies. N.A. were appointed members of the military council of the Western Front. Bulganin, I.S. Khokhlov, I.A. Serov; V.D. was left the chief of staff of the front. Sokolovsky. On October 12, the troops of the Moscow Reserve Front were transferred to the Western Front.
The Western Front stopped the enemy at the Mozhaisk line of defense, where the 16th Army, 5th Army, 33rd Army, 43rd Army, 49th Army were concentrated. In connection with the disbandment of the Bryansk Front on November 11, 1941, the composition of the Western Front was transferred to the 50th Army of Major General A.N. Ermakov. On November 15, 1941, the German Army Group Center resumed its offensive against Moscow. During the defensive battles near Moscow, the 30th Army, the 1st Shock Army, and the 20th Army were transferred to the Western Front.
On December 6, 1941, the Western Front, with the support of the Kalinin Front and the Southwestern Fronts, launched a counteroffensive near Moscow, in which the 30th Army (December 16 returned to the Kalinin Front), 1st Shock Army, 20th Army , 16th Army, 5th Army, 33rd Army, 43rd Army, 49th Army, 10th Army, 50th Army. As a result of the counteroffensive, the troops of the German Army Group Center were defeated and driven back from Moscow. In January 1942, the Western Front resumed the offensive with the aim of defeating the main forces of the German Army Group Center in cooperation with the Kalinin Front and the Bryansk Front. To coordinate the actions of the fronts, on February 1, 1942, the High Command of the Western Direction was recreated, which was headed by G.K. Zhukov. He simultaneously remained the commander of the Western Front. However, the Rzhev-Vyazemsky operation carried out on January 8 - April 20, 1942 was not successful. Later during 1942 and the winter of 1942-1943, the Western Front conducted offensive battles in the central direction (First Rzhev-Sychevsk operation; Second Rzhev-Sychevsk operation), but did not achieve success. On August 26, 1942, Colonel-General I.S. was appointed commander of the Western Front. Konev, the chief of staff since May 1942 was Lieutenant General V.D. Sokolovsky. In the summer and autumn of 1942, the Western Front included: 31st Army, 20th Army, 5th Army, 33rd Army, 43rd Army, 49th Army, 50th Army, 10th Army , 16th Army, 61st Army, 3rd Tank Army, 1st Air Army.
February 28, 1943 I.S. Konev was replaced as commander of the Western Front by Colonel General V.D. Sokolovsky. Lieutenant General A.P. was appointed chief of staff. Pokrovsky. In the winter of 1942-1943, the front included: 30th Army, 31st Army, 20th Army, 29th Army, 5th Army, 33rd Army, 49th Army, 50th Army, 10th Army, 16th Army, 61st Army, 1st Air Army. The constant active operations of the Soviet troops near Rzhev forced the Army Group Center on March 2, 1943 to begin the withdrawal of troops from the Rzhev-Vyazma bridgehead. Soviet troops began to pursue the retreating enemy (Second Rzhev-Vyazemskaya operation), and by March 31, 1943, the Rzhev salient was eliminated.
- Section "CALENDAR OF BATTLE ACTIONS" - Document type "OTHER DOCUMENTS" - Period "August 1941" - Page by counter No. 8 - Document serial number 121.BATTLE SCHEDULE OF PARTS OF THE WESTERN FRONT.
August 1941.
The executor is the head of the operational department of the Headquarters of the Western Front, Lieutenant General Malandin.
TsAMO, fund 208 inventory 2511 case 229.
The volume of the document is 21 pages (according to the counter).
All connections and parts are indicated -
corps, divisions, artillery units, aviation units, air defense,
engineering (sapper, pontoon, engineering, construction battalions),
communications units (individual regiments and battalions),
reserve army regiments, including front-line subordination,
parts of the rear and medical support, including front-line subordination - their names and numbers of warehouses for fuels and lubricants, ABTI, communications, artillery, chemical, food, clothing, sanitary, veterinarian. property, distribution stations, hospitals, evacuation centers, laundry units, DEP, motor battalions, rembaz and many others.
Here are just a few excerpts from the document...
ARMY SPARE FIRE REGIMENTS.
22 army - 114 zsp - Ostashkov.
29th army - 115 zsp - the settlement of Western Dvina.
30 army - 20 zsp - Kanyutino.
19 army - 177 zsp - Gzhatsk.
16 army - 212 zsp - Mosalsk.
20 army - 208 zsp - Shcherbinino, Simtsovo (20-25 km Dorogobuzh).
FRONT SPARE PARTS.
123 zsp - Vyazma.
173 zsp, 175 zsp - Kozelsk.
183 zsp - Rzhev.
12 zsp - Kondrovo, Linen factory.
206 zsp - Shchelkanovo.
120 zsp - Kozelsk.
Training regiment - Gzhatsk.
83 app. railway regiment - Torzhok.
39 app. KAP (? hard to see in the document) - Volokolamsk.
Zap. air defense regiment - Gzhatsk.
103 dept. pontoon-bridge battalion - Kozelsk (by hand - will go to Staritsa).
FRONT PARTS:
139 SD - White,
17 TD - Kudasovo,
18 TD - Gzhatsk,
57 TD - Dorogobuzh - Morozovo,
8 mts regiment - Sosnovka,
9 mts regiment - Kudasovo,
49, 52, 54, 56, 59 and 83 light tank battalions - Sosnovka, Teplukha,
61, 64 and 66 light tank battalions - Slobodka, 60 km south-east. Vyazma,
184 and 186 heavy tank battalions - Sosnovka, Teplukha.
ARTILLERY PARTS.
301 gap RGK - Teplukha.
375 gap RGK - Kozlovo lake.
399 gap RGK - Myasoedova Gurka.
3111 dads RGK - Pimonovo (transferred to 19 A).
29 cap without materiel.
596 cap - Chervonoe (transferred to 19 A).
AVIATION PARTS.
47 garden.
31 gardens.
46 garden. (at 30 A).
43 garden (in 19 A).
33 garden.
314 RAP.
38 ORAE.
1 TAP.
ENGINEERING PARTS.
113 and 114 mib.
2 engineering and construction battalion.
304th engineering and construction battalion (handwritten note - Military Field Construction No. 1).
305 engineering and construction battalion.
306 engineering and construction battalion.
58, 133, 136 and 145 sapb.
69th and 70th Engineer Battalions.
609th Engineer Battalion - Ozertsy.
CHEMICAL PARTS.
7 and 44 battalions PHO.
69, 71, 99, 108 and 140 degassing battalions.
PARTS OF AIR DEFENSE.
30 and 174 divisions of the MZA - Sukhinichi.
191 zenpulbat - Kaluga.
108 zenpulrota - Vyazma.
29 searchlight battalion - Vyazma.
85 ZPR (probably an anti-aircraft searchlight company) - at the crossing.
Department of the brigade district - Solovyovskaya crossing.
165 Air Defense Division - Vyazma.
737th Air Defense Regiment - Gzhatsk.
324 air defense division - Gzhatsk.
164 air defense division - Gzhatsk.
35th Air Defense Division - Faience.
202 Air Defense Division - Zanoznaya.
Also, on page 17 - RAILWAY PARTS.
On pages 17-21 - FRONT REAR PARTS(the locations of all warehouses, repair bases, hospitals, the numbers of the VVSP (military hospital trains), the numbers and deployment of the VAD (military highway) are indicated.