Redesignated as Ground and Coastal Defence Forces of the Baltic Fleet
Country
Soviet Union
Russia
Branch
Red Army (Soviet Ground Forces from 1946)
Russian Ground Forces
Type
Field army
Headquarters
Kaliningrad (1945–1997)
Engagements
Operation Kutuzov Briyansk Gorodok Operation Bagration Gumbinnen Operation East Prussian Offensive Battle of Königsberg Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Notable commanders
Ivan Bagramyan
Kuzma Galitsky
Military unit
The 11th Guards Army (Russian: 11-я гвардейская армия) was a field army of the Red Army, the Soviet Ground Forces, and the Russian Ground Forces, active from 1943 to 1997.
Guards Army consisted of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps (11th, 26th and 83rd Guards Rifle Divisions), 16th Guards Rifle Corps (1st, 16th & 31st Guards, and...
The 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (originally designated as the 4th Tank Army, 4th Guards Tank Army in 1945, 4th Guards Mechanised Army in 1946, and...
listed below, there were also the 4th Guards, 27th, 47th and 53rd Armies. The 4th Guards, 27th, 47th, and the 53rd Armies were held in reserve during the battle...
The unit became 30th Guards Mechanised Division in 1945 as part of the 11thGuardsArmy. In 1965 it was renumbered as 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division...
Military Unit в/ч 61877. The Soviet 8th GuardsArmy was formed from the 62nd Army in May 1943 and received Guards status in recognition of its actions in...
using the 11thGuards and 5th Armies to break open the German defensive lines, before pushing through exploitation forces from the 2nd Guards Tank Corps...
part of the 11thGuardsArmy. It became the 1st Guards Moscow MRD (again) in 1957. Of the regiments of the war period, the 171st Guards was eliminated...
the German 9th Army in the Rzhev salient through the rest of 1942. The division, again with 8th Guards Corps, joined the 11thGuardsArmy when it was formed...
German Army in World War II 11thGuardsArmy (16th Army, Soviet Union), a unit of the Soviet Army from World War II through the Cold War Western Army (Russia)...
north and north-east flanks of the 2nd Panzer Army. The Western Front assault was led by the 11thGuardsArmy under Lieutenant General Hovhannes Bagramyan...
Guards Army, part of the 1st Baltic Front, consisted of the 11thGuards Rifle Corps (2nd, 32nd and 33rd Guards Rifle Divisions), 13th Guards Rifle Corps...
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10th GuardsArmy. In 1955 the district's forces comprised the 11thGuardsArmy, the 2nd Guards Rifle Corps, the 4th Guards Rifle Corps, the 1st Guards Rifle...
included two or more Guards Tank Corps and one or more Guards Mechanised Corps. It was considered an elite formation. Under Red Army doctrine of deep operations...
Armies which distinguished themselves in combat during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 often became Guardsarmies. These included the 8th Guards Army...
The 11th Security Force Assistance Brigade is a brigade of the British Army which is intended to train and assist foreign forces. In 2021, under the Future...
into 2nd Guards Red Banner Army matching its nature of combined-arms army that same year. It holds the Fighting Banner of the 2nd Guards Tank Army in storage...
the German evacuation of the salient, then was reassigned to the new 11thGuardsArmy, where it would remain for the duration of the war. During the summer...
Königsberg. Following the war, Koshevoy commanded the 6th Guards, the 5th, the 11thGuardsArmies, and the Siberian and Kiev Military Districts. He became...
Molodechno, but failed. It was taken by units of the 11thGuardsArmy, 5th Guards Tank Army and 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps on 5 July. German forces continued...
The 11th Red Banner Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Russian: 11-я Краснознамённая армия ВВС и ПВО) is a formation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, located...