2nd Belorussian Front
formation of the Soviet Red Army (1944–1945)
The 2nd Belorussian Front (Russian: Второй Белорусский фронт, Vtoroi Belorusskiy Front, also romanized "Byelorussian"), was a major formation of the Soviet Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.
It was created in February 1944 as the Soviets were pushing the Germans back towards Byelorussia. General Colonel Pavel Kurochkin was its first commander. On hiatus in April 1944, its headquarters were reformed from the army headquarters of the disbanding 10th Army. They took part in the capture of Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany.
History
The 2nd Belorussian Front was formed on the western axis on 24 February 1944 in accordance with a Stavka directive of 17 February, and included the 47th, 61st, 70th Armies, supported by the 6th Air Army and the Dnieper Flotilla. General-polkovnik Pavel Kurochkin was appointed its commander. The field headquarters of the army was formed from that of the Northwestern Front. Subsequently, the 69th Army joined the front. Between 15 March and 4 April the front conducted the Polesskoe offensive, during which it defeated the German troops around Kovel and created conditions for the offensive on the Brest and Lublin axis.
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