For the Imperial Russian military formation, see Northwestern Front (Russian Empire).
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Northwestern Front
Soldiers of the North-Western Front in action.
Active
June 1941 – September 1943
Country
Soviet Union
Branch
Red Army
Type
Army Group Command
Size
Several Armies
Engagements
World War II Baltic Operation Leningrad Strategic Defensive Siege of Leningrad Toropets–Kholm Offensive Demyansk Pocket Operation Polar Star
Commanders
Notable commanders
Pavel Kurochkin Semyon Timoshenko
Military unit
The Northwestern Front (Russian: Северо-Западный фронт) was a military formation of the Red Army during the Winter War and World War II. It was operational with the 7th and 13th Armies during the Winter War.[1] It was re-created on 22 June 1941, the first day of the Eastern Front on the basis of the Baltic Special Military District. On 22 June the Front consisted of the 8th, 11th, and 27th Armies, as well as the 5th Airborne Corps and the headquarters of the 65th Rifle Corps.[2]
^The Karelian Isthmus front-line, 1 February 1940
^"Soviet Union: Northwestern (Baltic) Front June 22, 1941 - Order of Battle". Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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