Maps 1944

(Western Direction)

UpdatedOctober 15, 2009
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Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

Byelorussian/1st Byelorussian Front*
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
upByelorussia
1B4401 Fights of the Ski Battalion/17th Rifle Division Dnepr river 17 RD/3A/BF Jan.4 Rus 17
1B4402 Attacks of the 307th Rifle Division on auxiliary direction Zhlobin area 29 RC/48A/ BF Jan. 15-19 Rus 9
1B4403 The 42nd Rifle Corps Commander's decision on breaking-through Rogachev area 48 A/1BF ~June 23 Rus 10
1B4404 The 42nd Rifle Corps Commander's decision on breaking-through 8
1B4405 Battle order of the 42nd Rifle Corps Rogachev area 48 A/1BF ~June 23 Rus 10
1B4406 Temporary bridges' scheme across Drut' river. The 42nd Rifle Corps zone

Drut' river

Rogachev area

48 A/1BF June 23 Rus 10
1B4407 Temporary bridges' scheme across Drut' river. The 42nd Rifle Corps zone 8
1B4408 Combat operations of the 516th Separate Tank Flamethrower Regiment in breaking through the enemy's defense Updated N. from Mozyr 516STFlR/3GRC & 20 RC/28 A/1BF June 24 Rus 19
1B4409 Operations of the 42nd Rifle Corps Rogachev area 48 A/1BF June 24 - 27 Rus 10
1B4410 Operations of the 42nd Rifle Corps 8
1B4411 Operations of the Dnieper Flotilla on Berezina and Pripyat' rivers Gomel' area 1 BF zone June- July Rus 8
1B4412 German counter-stroke from the backs of the 82nd Rifle Division on Berezina river NEW SE. from Minsk

82 RD/46RC/

3A/1BF

 June 30 Rus 18
1B4413 Deployment of artillery of the 31rd, 49th and 50th armies in the course of annihilation of the pocket east from Minsk Minsk area 1 BF July 3-7 Rus 11
1B4414 Operations of the 1022nd Rifle Regiment in advanced detachment Novogrudok area 269 RD/41RC/ 3A/1BF July 7-9 Rus 5
1B4415 Operations of the 1022nd Rifle Regiment in advanced detachment 13
1B4416 Meeting engagement of the 174th Rifle Regiment in the course of offensive Brest area

20 RD/20RC/ 28A/ 1BF

July 14 Rus 5
1B4417 Pursuit of enemy troops by the 48th Guards Rifle Division Brest area 20 RC/28A/ 1BF July 17-20 Rus 13
 
upPoland
1B4418 Meeting engagement of the 103rd Tank Brigade in the course of pursuit. Ljublin-Brest operation Minsk-Mazowiecki area 3 TC/2TA/ 1BF July 28 Rus 5
1B4419 Vistula forced river crossing by the troops of the 8th Guards Army Magnuszew area 1 BF Aug. 1 Rus 11
1B4420 Parrying German counter-attack in Warsaw vicinities Warsaw vicinity 3 TC/2TA/1BF Aug.2-4 Rus 14
1B4421 Defense operation of the 2nd Tank Army Warsaw vicinity 1 BF Aug. 3-8 Rus 3
1B4422 Narew crossing by the 65th Army Pultusk area 65 A/1BF Sept. 4-8 Rus 15
1B4423 Defensive operations of the 108th Rifle Division at Narew bridgehead Serock area 46 RC/65A/ 1BF Oct. 2 Rus 13
1B4424 Defensive operations of the 69th Rifle Division at Narew bridgehead N. from Pultusk 18 RC/65A/ 1BF Oct. 8 Rus 4

* - On Apr. 12 the Byelorussian Front was renamed into the 1st Byelorussian Front

 

up2nd Byelorussian Front*
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
2B4401 Decision of the 38th Guards Rifle Division commander for counter-attack Pripyat' river*1 96 RC/70A/2BF Mar. 31 Rus 13
2B4402 Decision of the 49th Army commander Mogilev area 2 BF ~June 19 Rus 7
2B4403 Deployment of the 49th Army prior to the offensive E from Mogilev 2 BF June 20-23 Rus 7
2B4404 Operations of the 49th Army Mogilev area 2 BF June 23-24 Rus 7
2B4405 Operations of the 49th Army Mogilev area 2 BF June 25-26 Rus 7
2B4406 Operations of the 49th Army Mogilev area 2 BF June 27-28 Rus 7
2B4407 Maneuver by the units of 1287th Rifle Regiment for the flank blow Mogilyany area 110 RD/38RC/ 2BF July 21 Rus 5

*- The 2nd Byelorussian Front was formed on Feb 17, 1944 based on the HQ of the North-Western Front. On Apr. 5 was disbanded and again formed on Apr. 24 after division of the Western Front to the 2nd and 3rd Byelorussian Fronts

*1 - Rem. AMVAS: Possibly the settlement of Zhechitsa was situated 60 km east from Pinsk. There exists memoirs aobut this fight (in Russian)

 

up3rd Byelorussian Front*
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
upLithuania & Byelorussia
3B4401 Operations on the Shauliai direction

Šiauliai area.

Lithuania

3 BF June 17-Aug. 28 Rus 1
3B4402 Operations of the 5th Army N from Orsha 3 BF June 23 - 28 Rus 8
3B4403 Combat operations of the 71st Rifle Corps in the course of Byelorussian operation Dniepr river 31 A/3BF June 23-25 Rus 6
3B4404 Artillery positions and fire scheme of the 5th Army Approaches to Witebsk 5A/3BF June 22 Rus 11
3B4405 Artillery positions of the 5th Army and the 3rd Guards Artillery Division Approaches to Witebsk 5A/3BF June 23 Rus 12
3B4406 Operation of the 2nd Guards Tank Corps on Minsk direction Minsk direction 11 GA/3BF June 30 - July 3 Rus 8
3B4407 Operations of the 4th Guards Tank Brigade in the battle for Minsk Minsk area 2 GTC/11GA/ 3BF July 2-3 Rus 8
3B4408 Artillery deployment of the 5th Army Vilnius area 3 BF July 7-14 Rus 11
3B4409 Planned offensive of the 11th Guards Army

S. from Vilkaviškis

Lithuania

 11 GA/3BF ~Oct. 15 Rus 16
3B4410 Mission and course of break through of the 75th Gds. Rifle Regiment Širvinta river area. Lithuania

26 GRD/8GRC/

11 GA/3BF

Oct. 16-18 Rus 2
3B4411 Course of operatios of the 11th Guards Army

S. from Vilkaviškis

Lithuania -

Gumbinnen (now Gusev) area

11 GA/3BF Oct. 16-21 Rus 16
3B4412 Decision of the 3rd Byelorussian Front and 11th Guards Army commanders for operations against Gumbinnen and Stallupönen groups of German troops Gumbinnen (now Gusev) - Stallupönen (now Nesterov) area 11 GA/3BF Oct. 21-22 Rus 16
3B4412 Operations of the 11th Guards Army Gumbinnen (now Gusev) area 11 GA/3BF Oct. 22 Rus 16

*- Was formed on Apr. 24 after division of the Western Front to the 2nd and 3rd Byelorussian Fronts.

*1 - See also Battelfield.ru for other details.

In brackets marked units only partially presented.
upAbbreviations

 

A- Army

BF -Byelorussian Front

GA -Guards Army

GRC - Guards Rifle Corps

GRD - Guards Rifle Division

GRR - Guards Rifle Regiment

GTA - Guards Tank Army

GTC - Guards Tank Corps

RC - Rifle Corps

STFlR - Separate Tank Flamethrower Regiment

upLiterature:
  1. "V nastuplenii Gvardiya. Ocherk o boyevom puti 2-j Gvardaijsoy armii", Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1971, (cited from http://samsv.narod.ru)
  2. "Sbornik boyevykh primerov iz opyta Velikoy Otechestvennoi Voiny". Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1982.
  3. F.I. Vysotskiy et. al. "Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya", Moskva, Voenizdat, 1963.
  4. http://samsv.narod.ru
  5. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Polk", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moskva, 1974. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  6. Razvitie taktiki Sovetskoi armii v gody Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny (1941-1945 gg.)/Ed. Lt.-Gen. K.S. Kolganov, Voyennoe Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony Soyuza SSR, Moskva, 1958 (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  7. Schemes provided by O. Sofronov. Unknown source. Can be from: Kiryukhin S.P. "43-ya Armiya v Vitebskoy operatsii", Moskva, 1961
  8. www.rkka.ru
  9. Boyevyje Dejstvija Strelkovoy Divizii. Sbornik takticheskikh primerov iz Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojny. Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1958 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  10. Proryv podgotovlennoy oborony strelkovymi soyedinaniyami, Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1957 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  11. Sovetskaja Artilleryija v Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojne 1941-1945 godov, Moskva, Voyennoye Izdatel'stvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1960
  12. Popov S.E., Na Ognevykh rubezhakh. Boyevoi put' 3-j Gvardeiskoy artillerijskoy Vitebskoy, Khinganskoy Kraznoznamyonnoi, ordenov Suvorova i Kutuzova divizii proryva rezerva Verkhovnogo Glavnokomandovaniya", Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1989. (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  13. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Divizia", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moskva, 1976. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  14. V.N. Nechaev, Gvardejskiy Umanskiy, Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1989
  15. Batov P.I., "Forsirovaniye Rek, 1942-1945. (Iz opyta 65-j armii), Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1986 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  16. Galitskiy K.N., V boyakh za Vostochnoyu Prussiyu. Zapiski komandujushchego 11-j gvardejskoj armijey, Moskva, Nauka, 1970 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  17. Boyevyje dejstviya strelkovogo bataljona, Moskva, Vojenizdat, 1957 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  18. Avramov I.F., 82-ja Yartsvskaya, Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1973 (cited from http://www.history.h15.ru)
  19. Dmitriyev D.M., Yakubov V.Ye., "Boyevoj opyt himicheskikh vojsk i himicheskoy sluzhby v Velikoy Otechestvennoy Voyne (1941-1945 gg)", Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1989
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