The Far Eastern Front ( Russian : Дальневосточный фронт) was a front — a level of military formation that is equivalent to army group — of the Red Army during the Second World War .
12-425: Тhe Far Eastern Front was created on June 28, 1938 from the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army within the Far East Military District . It included the 1st Red Banner Army and the 2nd Red Banner Army . In 1938 Front forces — seemingly the Soviet 32nd Rifle Division of 39th Rifle Corps — engaged Japanese Manchukuo forces at the Battle of Lake Khasan . On the eve of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany,
24-784: The Soviet Far East Front in June 1938, after Blyukher's torture and death at the hands of the NKVD during the Great Purge . It was reportedly disestablished on 30 June 1938. Soviet Far East Front The Far Eastern Front ( Russian : Дальневосточный фронт) was a front — a level of military formation that is equivalent to army group — of the Red Army during the Second World War . Тhe Far Eastern Front
36-716: The Soviet invasion of Manchuria it led the attack into Japanese-occupied Manchuria . Although the Kwantung Army of the Imperial Japanese Army had more than 1 million soldiers, the Japanese defenders were overwhelmed by the offensive. Allied forces of Mongolia and Chiang Kai-shek 's Nationalist China aided the Soviet operation. On August 19, the Far East Front continued its routing of
48-408: The Soviet invasion of Manchuria it led the attack into Japanese-occupied Manchuria . Although the Kwantung Army of the Imperial Japanese Army had more than 1 million soldiers, the Japanese defenders were overwhelmed by the offensive. Allied forces of Mongolia and Chiang Kai-shek 's Nationalist China aided the Soviet operation. On August 19, the Far East Front continued its routing of
60-723: The 87th Corps participated in other operations against Japanese forces in the theatre. On September 30, 1945, the Primorskiy (Maritime Provinces) Military District was formed on the territory of Primorsky Krai (territory of the former Ussuri Oblast), from HQ 1st Far East Front . Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army The Special Far Eastern Army , later the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army (Russian: Осо́бая Краснознамённая Дальневосто́чная а́рмия (ОКДВА) , romanized : Osóbaya Krasnoznamonnaya Dal'nevostóchnaya ármiya ( OKDVA ) )
72-452: The Front comprised: On August 5, 1945, the Front was divided and reorganized as the 1st Far Eastern Front and 2nd Far Eastern Front: 2nd Far Eastern Front , under General M. A. Purkayev (aimed at eastern Manchukuo ), including: 1st Far Eastern Front , under Marshal K. A. Meretskov (aimed at northern Manchukuo), including: Transbaikal Front included the 12th Air Army . In
84-399: The Front comprised: On August 5, 1945, the Front was divided and reorganized as the 1st Far Eastern Front and 2nd Far Eastern Front: 2nd Far Eastern Front , under General M. A. Purkayev (aimed at eastern Manchukuo ), including: 1st Far Eastern Front , under Marshal K. A. Meretskov (aimed at northern Manchukuo), including: Transbaikal Front included the 12th Air Army . In
96-520: The Kwantung Army by capturing Harbin and Mukden . By August 21, the Red Army had captured almost all of Manchuria , and the final surrender of the Kwantung Army took place. On August 11 to 12, 1945, the 87th Rifle Corps was brought out from the reserve of the 1st Far Eastern Front, and received new orders to prepare for landing operations on the island of Hokkaido (Japan); however, the planned operation never took place, although elements of
108-456: The Kwantung Army by capturing Harbin and Mukden . By August 21, the Red Army had captured almost all of Manchuria , and the final surrender of the Kwantung Army took place. On August 11 to 12, 1945, the 87th Rifle Corps was brought out from the reserve of the 1st Far Eastern Front, and received new orders to prepare for landing operations on the island of Hokkaido (Japan); however, the planned operation never took place, although elements of
120-667: The Special Far Eastern Army of the Far Eastern Republic . Circa 1932 the 3rd Kholkoz Rifle Division OKDVA was established, and the 57th Rifle Division joined the army. The District was first briefly formed in 1935 from those forces, but then reverted to the title Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army (OKDVA), under Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Blyukher , while still functioning as a military district. The Army became
132-757: Was a military formation of the Red Army, active from 1929 to 1938 and under command of Vasily Blyukher . It was activated on 6 August 1929, originally with the 18th and 19th Rifle Corps assigned, in response to the Sino-Soviet border conflict regarding the ownership of the Chinese Eastern Railway . Following the Soviet victory in the Civil War the Soviet forces in the Far East became
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#1732771837582144-686: Was created on June 28, 1938 from the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army within the Far East Military District . It included the 1st Red Banner Army and the 2nd Red Banner Army . In 1938 Front forces — seemingly the Soviet 32nd Rifle Division of 39th Rifle Corps — engaged Japanese Manchukuo forces at the Battle of Lake Khasan . On the eve of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany,
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