The 25th Army was a Red Army field army of World War II that served in the Russian Far East .
21-464: (Redirected from Twenty-Fifth Army ) 25th Army may refer to: 25th Army (Soviet Union) 25th Army (Wehrmacht) Twenty-Fifth Army (Japan) 25th Combined Arms Army See also [ edit ] Twenty-Fifth Air Force 25th Brigade (disambiguation) XXV Corps (disambiguation) 25th Regiment (disambiguation) 25 Squadron (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
42-646: A Communist state in North Korea under the rule of Kim Il Sung . The army remained in North Korea until it was withdrawn in 1948, and was stationed in Primorsky Krai until its 1957 disbandment. It was formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of the headquarters of the 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorsky Krai ) on 20 June 1941 in accordance with an order of 8 March. Headquartered at Voroshilov , it
63-632: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 25th Army (Soviet Union) Formed in June 1941, the 25th Army did not see combat until the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945, when it advanced into northern Korea. After World War II it was responsible for the Soviet Civil Administration in the northern Korean Peninsula , and helped establish
84-661: The 12th Air Army . In 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
105-452: The 393rd Rifle Division and the 7th and 113th Fortified Areas were in the army's direct subordination. By the beginning of the invasion on 9 August, the army included the 39th Rifle Corps with the 40th , the 384th , and the 386th Rifle Divisions , the 393rd Rifle Division, and the 7th, 106th, 107th, 108th, 110th, 111th, and the 113th Fortified Areas. During the Soviet invasion of Manchuria,
126-614: The Battle of Lake Khasan . On the eve of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany, 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
147-590: The Korean Workers' Party into power. They also assisted with the purges of former collaborators , businessmen , landowners , and religious leaders . These people would either flee to the future South Korea or would be banished or imprisoned in the Hamgyong Province . In late 1948, the army was withdrawn from North Korea and stationed in southern Primorsky Krai on the Korean and Chinese borders, as well as on
168-626: The Maritime Group of Forces , which on 20 April 1945 became part of the Far Eastern Front , and was soon directly subordinated to the Stavka . In June, Colonel General Ivan Chistyakov took command of the army. On 5 August, the army became part of the 1st Far East Front , which was redesignated from the Maritime Group of Forces in preparation for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria . At the time,
189-622: The Peter the Great Gulf coast. Its headquarters was located in Shkotovo . In March 1953 the army also included the 9th , 10th , 21st , and 24th Machine-Gun Artillery Divisions . The 10th Mechanized Division had become part of the 65th Rifle Corps by this time, and the 40th Rifle Division was directly subordinated to the army. In April 1953, the Primorsky Military District was disbanded, and
210-409: The 40th, 84th, 147th, and the 148th Motor Rifle Divisions. In December 1957, the army was disbanded and its remaining divisions transferred to the 5th Army. The 84th, 147th, and 148th Divisions were disbanded along with the 25th Army. During its existence, the 25th Army was commanded by the following officers: Far Eastern Front The Far Eastern Front ( Russian : Дальневосточный фронт)
231-633: The 5th Army. The division of Korea between the United States and the Soviet Union after the defeat of Japan had been agreed to at the Tehran Conference in 1943. The 25th Army served as the occupation force in north of the 38th parallel while the U.S. Army Military Government in Korea was established in the south. Under the Soviet Civil Administration the 25th Army helped place Kim Il Sung and
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#1732847799960252-479: The 7th, 106th, 108th, 110th, 111th, 113th, 150th, 162nd) but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine-gun artillery divisions. There were also the 72nd, 76th, 218th, 259th Tank Brigades. On 1 October, the army became part of the Primorsky Military District . The two corps were disbanded in August 1946 and 65th Rifle Corps ( 63rd and 144th Rifle Divisions ) was transferred to the 25th Army from
273-563: 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
294-566: The Pacific Fleet landing forces, to capture ports on the east coast of Korea. In fulfilling this task, the army defeated parts of the Japanese 3rd and 34th Armies and captured Wangqing on 15 August, Chongjin on 16 August, Ranan and Yanji on 17 August, among others. Between 18 and 20 August, the army disarmed surrendered Japanese troops, and was redeployed to the Pyongyang area at the end of
315-480: The army became part of the Far Eastern Military District . The army's last commander was Lieutenant General (promoted to Colonel General 8 August 1955) Ivan Rubanyuk , who assumed command on 18 May 1953. The 65th Rifle Corps and its divisions were disbanded in the summer of 1956 and the remaining 25th Army rifle divisions became motor rifle divisions in the spring of 1957. On 1 May, the army included
336-653: The army fought in the Harbin–Kirin Offensive Operation . By the end of 10 August the army overcame Japanese resistance to capture the Dongning , Dongxin-zhen , and the Hunchun fortified areas, cut the Dongning-Tumyntsa-Hunchun road, advanced through Japanese defenses to a depth of 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) to 20 kilometres (12 miles). On 11 August, the 25th Army captured Laoheishan and Hunchun, and on
357-653: The month. The army's headquarters was established at Pyongyang on 26 August after Chistyakov rejected the option of Hamhung on the previous day after the 25th Army was given the task of occupying what would become North Korea . The location of the 25th Army's headquarters in Pyongyang probably determined the location of the future North Korean capital. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included 39th Rifle Corps (40th, 384th Rifle Divisions and 10th Mechanised Division) and 88th Rifle Corps ( 258th , 386th and 393rd Rifle Divisions) and 8 fortified regions (including
378-583: The next day captured the ports of Unggi and Rason on the east coast of Korea alongside landing forces of the Pacific Fleet . As a result of its advances, the army received the 5th Army 's 17th Rifle Corps and the 88th Rifle Division and 10th Mechanized Corps from front reserve. With the reinforcements, the army also received a new task: to advance south and cut the communications between Japanese troops in Korea and those in Manchuria, and in cooperation with
399-502: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=25th_Army&oldid=1224448323 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
420-676: 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 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
441-399: Was commanded by Lieutenant General Filipp Parusinov . The army initially comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division , 40th , and 92nd Rifle Divisions , as well as the 105th Rifle Division and the 106th, 107th, 108th, 110th, and 111th Fortified Areas as Army troops. The army was responsible for defending the border in Primorsky Krai . On 10 August 1943, the army became part of
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