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The Soviet order of battle for the invasion of Poland in 1939 details the major combat units arrayed for the Soviet surprise attack on Poland on September 17, 1939. As a result of joining battle after the Germans had already launched their invasion, the Soviets, prepared for battle in secrecy, met comparatively limited resistance.
Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi armii ("Combat composition of the Soviet army") is an official Second World War Soviet Army order of battle published in five parts from 1963 through 1990 by the Voroshilov Academy of the General Staff and Voenizdat.
Battle or campaign Order of battle Date European Theater of Operations Polish campaign: German Army, Polish Army, and Soviet Army: September 1939 Norwegian campaign: Allies and German: April 1940 Battle of Belgium: French First Army Group, Belgian Army, and German Army Group B: May 10 – 28, 1940 Battle of France: Allies and Axis: May 10, 1940 ...
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On 17 September 1939 the Soviet Red Army invaded the Kresy regions in accordance with the secret protocol. [22] [Note 7] At the opening of hostilities several Polish cities including Dubno, Łuck and Włodzimierz Wołyński let the Red Army in peacefully, convinced that it was marching on in order to fight the Germans.
Soviet-Polish battle at Szack; 52nd Rifle Division and 411th Tank Battalion forced in temporary retreats by Polish defenders. [26]: 130 Germany and the Soviet Union sign a Border and Friendship Treaty and adjust the frontiers of occupied Poland. The Soviet Union publicly blames the Western Allies for the continuation of the war.
The 155th Rifle Division, led by Brigade Commander Peter Alexandrov, [8] crossed the Soviet-Finnish border at three points and headed toward Ilomantsi. Capturing the Ilomantsi road junction would allow it to threaten Korpiselkä, located 25 miles to the south, which in turn was 15 miles to the rear of the Finnish defenses at Tolvajärvi.
The Fourth Army was created in August 1939 in the Belorussian Special Military District from the Bobruisk Army Group as an independent army. [1] In September 1939, the Fourth Army took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland commanded by the future Marshal of Soviet Union V.I. Chuykov, the defender of Stalingrad.