The First Baltic Front ( Russian : Пéрвый Прибалтийский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War . It was commanded by Army General Andrey Yeryomenko , succeeded by Army General Bagramyan . It was formed by renaming the Kalinin Front on 12 October 1943, and took part in several important military operations, most notably Bagration in the summer of 1944. The 1st Baltic Front also assisted in lifting the siege of Leningrad on 27 January 1944, as well as in Operation Samland , at that time known as the Samland Group, captured Königsberg in April 1945.
3-585: As of 23 June 1944, the First Baltic Front consisted of the following units and their commanders: Baltic Front , led by front commander Army General Hovhannes Bagramyan 4th Shock Army , led by General-Lieutenant Pyotr Malyshev 6th Guards Army , led by General Lieutenant Ivan Chistyakov 43rd Army , led by General Lieutenant Afanasy Beloborodov 3rd Air Army , led by General Lieutenant N. F. Papivin This World War II article
6-525: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Army General Army general is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System . Army general is normally the highest rank used in peacetime. In countries that adopt the general officer four-rank system, it is the rank of a general commanding a field army . However, in some countries such as Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, which have adopted
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