Maps 1944

(North-Western Direction)

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Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
NW4401 Course of strategic operations for liberation of the Baltic region Baltic - July 16 - Oct 22 Rus 9
upLeningrad & Volkhov Fronts
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
L4401 Consecutive engagement of troops of the second echelon. The 122nd Rifle Corps Oranienbaum area 2 SA/LF Jan. Rus 2
L4402 Artillery of the Leningrad Front Leningrad area LF Jan. 14 Rus 10
L4403 Artillery fire of the 30th Guards Rifle Corps Leningrad area 30GRC/42A/ LF Jan. 14 Rus 10
L4404 The 42nd Army in fights for Pushkin and Pavlovsk Pushkin town area LF Jan 15-24 Rus 8
L4405 Night offensive of the 103rd Rifle Regiment Pushkin town area 85 RD/110 RC/ 42A/LF Jan. 17 Rus 2
L4406 Operations of the 46th Rifle Division NEW Luga - Pskov area 123RC/42A/ LF*1 Jan. 28 - Apr. 5 Rus 12
L4407 Night enveloping maneuver of the 880th Rifle Regiment Kingisepp area 189 RD/109RC/ 2SA/LF Feb. 1. Rus 1
upEstonia
L4408 Operations in Narva vicinities Narva area. Estonia LF Feb10-Apr.23 Rus 4
L4409 Positions of the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps and liberation of Narva Narva area. Estonia LF Early July - July 27 Rus 4
L4410 Breaking through German defenses by the 46th Rifle DivisionNEW Tartu vicinities 108RC/2SA/ LF Sept. 17 Rus 12
L4411 Liberation of Moonsund archipelago Moonsund archipelago 8A/LF Sept. 27-Nov.24 Rus 4

*1 - On Feb. 1'44 - 123RC/42A/ LF; on Mar. 1 - Apr. 1'44 - 110 RC/67A/LF

 

See also: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 years and operations north from Leningrad

 
up1st Baltic Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
1P4401 Redeployment of the 43rd Army to the Witebsk direction Witebsk area 1 PF Jan. 20 Rus 3
1P4402 The 22nd Guards Rifle Regiment Commander's Decision on break-through the main German defensive line Sebezh area 9 GRD/1PF Mar. 10-11 Rus 1
1P4403 Planned attack of the 39th Army Witebsk 1 PF June 22 Rus 6?
1P4404 Results of fight recon in operative zone of the 23rd Rifle Corps NW from Witebsk 6GA/1 PF June 22 Rus 10
1P4405 145th Rifle Division in liberation of Witebsk Witebsk area 43 A/1PF June 22-26 Rus 3
1P4406 Operations of the 6th Guards Army Western Dvina (Daugava) river 1 PF June 22-28 Rus 7
1P4407 Battle order of the 5th Guards Rifle Corps prior to fights Witebsk area 39 A/1PF June 23 Rus 6
1P4408 Combat operations of the 39th Army in Witebsk area Witebsk area 1 PF June 23 Rus 6
1P4409 Manuevers of amored units of the 39th Army Witebsk area 1PF June 23-28 Rus 6?
1P4410 Combat operations of the 39th Army Witebsk area 1 PF June 24 Rus 6
1P4411 Combat operation of the 43rd Army Witebsk area 1 PF June 24-27 Rus 7
1P4412 Combat operations of the 39th Army Witebsk area 1 PF June 25 Rus 6
1P4413 Combat operations of the 39th Army Witebsk area 1 PF June 26-27 Rus 6
1P4414 Breakthrough of the 51st Army towards the Riga Gulf Gulf of Riga 51 A/1PF July 30-Aug.20 Rus 9
1P4415 Liberation of Dobele by the 35th Guards Tank Brigade Dobele 3 GMC/1PF July 31 Rus 9
1P4416 Liberation of Jelgava Jelgava 51 A/1PF July 31 Rus 9
1P4417

Enveloping maneuver of the 729th Rifle Regiment

Rem. AMVAS: Seems a typo exists on the scheme. The 252nd Rfl. Division couldn't contain this regiment.

Jelgava area. Latvia 145 RD/92RC/ 43A/1PF August Rus 1
1P4418 Meting engagement of the 145th Rifle Division Birzai area. Lithuania 92 RC/43A/ 1PF Aug 1 Rus 5
Meting engagement of the 145th Rifle Division 11
1P4419 Liberation of Auce (1st time) Auce

87 RD/63RC/

51A/1PF

Aug. 9 Rus 9
1P4420 Libreation of Bauska Bauski 4SA/1PF Sept. 14 Rus 9
1P4421 Liberation of Jurmala Jurmala 1 SA/1PF Oct. 16-18 Rus 9

 

up2nd Baltic Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
2P4401 Liberation of Zilupe Zilupe

7 GRD/7GRC/

10GA/2PF

 July 17 Rus 9
2P4402 Liberation of Škaune settlement Kraslava area 43 Latvian GRD/130 Latvian RC/22A/2PF July 18 Rus 9
2P4403 Liberation of Kraslava Kraslava

360 RD/83RC/

4SA/2PF

July 22 Rus 9
2P4404 Liberation of Ludza Rezekne area

8 GRD/7GRC/

10GA/2PF

29 GRD/15GRC/

10GA/2PF

 July 23 Rus 9
2P4405 Liberation of Karsava Karsava 22,65 GRD/19GRC/ 10GA/2PF July 27 Rus 9
2P4406 Liberation of Rezekne Rezekne

7,8 GRD/7GRC/ 10GA/2PF

391 RD/93RC/

3SA/2PF

 July 27 Rus 9
2P4407 Liberation of Prejli Prejli

182 RD/90RC/

22A/2PF

July 27 Rus 9
2P4408 Liberation of Daugavpils Daugavpils (Dvinsk)

6 GA/1PF

4 SA/2PF

 July 27 Rus 9
2P4409 Liberation of Vilani Madona region

7 GRD/7GRC/

10GA/2PF

 July 28 Rus 9
2P4410 Liberation of Varaklani Madona region

7,8 GRD/7GRC/

10GA/2PF

 July 28 - Aug.2 Rus 9
2P4411 Liberation of Livani Livani

28 RD/100RC/

4SA/2PF

Aug.1 Rus 9
2P4412 Liberation of Krustpils and Jekabpils Jekabpils area 22 A/2PF Aug.8-9 Rus 9
2P4413 Liberation of Madona Madona 8,119 GRD/7GRC/ 10GA/2PF Aug.12-13 Rus 9
2P4402 Liberation of Ogre Ogre

8GRD/7GRC/

10GA/2PF

 Oct. 8 Rus 9
2P4414 Operations of the 130th Latvian Rifle Corps Riga area 22 A/2PF Oct.13-16 Rus 9
2P4415 Liberation of Auce (2nd time) Auce

7, 119 GRD/7GRC/

10GA/2PF

 Oct. 28 Rus 9
2P4416 Operations in Kurland Kurland 2PF (LF) Oct.'44-May 8'45 Rus 9
2P4417 Operations of the 130th Latvian Rifle Corps Kurland 22 A/2PF Dec.23-28 Rus 9

 

up3rd Baltic Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
3P4401 Liberation of Gulbene Gulbene

225 RD/123RC/

54A/3PF

July 27 Rus 9
3P4402 Liberation of Balvi Balvi

321 RD/111RC/

54A/3PF

July 30 Rus 9
3P4403 Liberation of Aluksne Aluksne

364 RD/123RC/

54A/3PF

Aug. 19 Rus 9
3P4404 Liberation of Valka Valka 1 SA/3PF Sept. 19 Rus 9
3P4405 Liberation of Smiltene Smiltene

397 RD/89RC

61A/3PF

 Sept. 23 Rus 9
3P4406 Liberation of Valmiera Valmiera 1 SA/3PF Sept. 23-24 Rus 9
3P4407 Liberation of Cesis Cesis

356 RD/80RC/

61A/3PF

Sept. 26 Rus 9
3P4408 Liberation of Limbaži Limbaži

377 RD/111RC

67A/3PF

 Sept. 26 Rus 9
3P4409 Liberation of Sigulda Riga area

82 RD/80RC/

61A/3PF

Oct. 6 Rus 9
3P4410 Liberation of Riga Riga

2 PF, 3 PF

 Oct. 13-15 Rus 9

Formed in April. Was disbanded on Oct. 16

upAbbreviations

A -Army

LF - Leningrad Front

GMC - Guards Mechanised Corps

GRC - Guards Rifle Corps

GRD - Guards Rifle Division

PF - Pribaltiyskiy (Baltic) Front

RC -Rifle Corps

RD - Rifle Division

SA - Shock Army

upLiterature:
  1. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Polk", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moscow, 1974. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  2. "Sbornik boyevykh primerov iz opyta Velikoy Otechestvennoi Voiny". Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1982.
  3. http://pobeda.vitebsk.net
  4. F.I. Paul'man, "Ot Narvy do Syrve", Tallin, "Eesti Ramaat", 1980
  5. www.rkka.ru
  6. Lyudnikov I.I. "Pod Witebskom", Moscow, 1962 (some schemes are cited from http://pobeda.vitebsk.net)
  7. Schemes provided by O. Sofronov. Unknown source. Can be from: Kiryukhin S.P. "43-ya Armiya v Vitebskoy operatsii", Moscow, 1961
  8. http://centralsector.narod.ru
  9. "V srazheniyakh za Sovetskuju Latviju", Liesma, Riga, 1975
  10. Sovetskaja Artilleryija v Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojne 1941-1945 godov, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatel'stvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1960
  11. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Divizia", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moscow, 1976. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  12. Borshchev S.N., "Ot Nevy do Elby", 2nd Ed., Lenizdat, Leningrad, 1973
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