Maps 1944

(Southern Direction)

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Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

up2nd Ukrainian Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
2U4401 Breakthrough of the 313rd Gds. Rifle Regiment Kazarna area 110 GRD/32GRC/ 5GA/2UF Jan 5 Rus 7
2U4402 Operations of the 9th Guards Airborne Division Stary Danzig area (15 km W from Kirovograd) 33 GRC/5GA/2UF Jan. 10-12 Rus 6
 
upKorsun-Shevchenovsky operation
2U4403 Fights of the 15th Light Artillery Brigade*1 Lisyanka - Dzurzhentsy area SW from Korsun

3 BAD/1GA/

1UF (2UF)*1

 Feb. 16-17 Rus [13]

*1 - Operated together with the 180th & 206th Rifle Divisions/27th Army/2nd Ukrainian Front against the German troops breaking-through the encirclement. See also details from the German side [12]


upMoldavia & Romania
2U4404 Decision of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps commander Jassy area 27A/2UF ~Aug 19 Rus 11
2U4405 Battle order of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps Jassy area 27A/2UF ~Aug 19 Rus 11
2U4406 Artillery support of the 6th Guards Tank Army breakthrough NEW Jassy area 27 A/2UF Aug. 20 Rus 13
2U4407 Combat operations of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps Jassy area 27A/2UF Aug 20-21 Rus 11
2U4408 Actions of the 73rd Rifle Corps

N. Romania

Hushi area

 52A/2UF Aug. 25 Rus 4
 
upHungary

Check also Hungary 1945
2U4409 Battle order of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps Velence lake area 46 A/2UF ~Dec. 20 Rus 11
2U4410 Decision of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps commander on break-through Velence lake area 46 A/2UF ~Dec. 20 Rus 11
2U4411 Operations of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps Velence lake area 46 A/2UF Dec. 20-24 Rus 11
2U4412 Parrying of enemies counter-attack on the left flank of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps Velence lake area 46 A/2UF Dec. 21-22 Rus 11
2U4413 Parrying of enemies counter-attack on the left flank of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps Velence lake area 46 A/2UF Dec. 21-22 Rus 5
2U4414 Positions of the 20th Guards Rifle Corps by the end of day Székesfehérvár area*1 4 GA/2UF Dec. 31 Rus 5
2U4415 Defensive positions of the 4th Gds. Army W from Budapest 2UF Dec'44 - Jan - 45 Rus 9

*1 - German name - Stuhlweißenburg


up3rd Ukrainian Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
3U4401 Artillery support of the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group break-through S from Krivoy Rog 3 UF*1 Mar 6-7 Rus 13
3U4402 Southern Bug river forced crossing by the 808th Rifle Regiment N from Nikolaev 394 RD/46A/ 3UF Mar 18-20 Rus 3
*1- operated in operative zone of the 8th GA in Bereznegovato-Snigirevskaya operation
upMoldavia & Romania
3U4403 Fighting of the 30th Gds. Airborne Rifle Regiment for Leontina strongpoint

Leontina area

(Dnestr river)

10 GAbnD/6GRC/ 37A/3UF Aug. 20 Rus 4
3U4404 Artillery placement at Kopansky bridgeheadNEW S from Bendery 3 UF Aug. 20 Rus 13
3U4405 Artillery support of engagemtn of the 4th Guards Mechanised Corps and 7th Mechanised Corps NEW S from Bendery 3 UF Aug. 21 Rus 13
3U4406 Mission of recon detachment of the 66th Rifle Corps Causheni-Vek' 66 RC/ 37A/3UF Aug. 21-22 Rus 4
3U4407 Actions of the 82nd Rifle Corps N from Chimishliya 37A/3UF Aug. 25 Rus 4
3U4408 Elimination of the surrounded group of enemy Kishinev area 3UF Aug. 25-Sept. 4 Rus 4
 
upBalkans
3U4409 Combat of the 429th Rifle Regiment for mountain pass in Yugoslavia Niš area 52 RD/64RC/ 57A/3UF Oct. 10-11 Rus 3
3U4410 The plan of Belgrade assault Belgrade YA, 3UF Oct. 14 RusEng 1
3U4411 Belgrade assault Belgrade YA, 3UF Oct. 14-20 RusEng 1
3U4412 Artillery positions around Belgrade NEW Belgrade 3 UF (2 UF) Oct. 15-23 Rus 13
3U4413 Capturing of encircled German troops, South-East to Belgrade SE from Belgrade YA, 3UF Oct. 18-20 RusEng 1
See also
see Belgrade city plane - - 1944 RusEng 1

up4th Ukrainian Front & Coastal Army
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
upCrimea
4U4401 Mission of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division Armyansk area

13 GRC/2GA/

4UF

 Apr Rus 10
4U4402 Combat operations of the 512nd Separate Tank Flamethrower Battalion in breaking through enemy's defense and liberation of Armyansk Armyansk area 2 GA/4UF*1 Apr. 8 Rus 2
4U4403 Artillery group of the 51st Army - 51A/4UF Apr. 8 Rus 13
4U4404 Course of operations of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division Perekop

13 GRC/2GA/

4UF

 Apr. 8-11 Rus 10
4U4405 Combat operations of the 512nd Separate Tank Flamethrower Battalion in night attack for Dzhulga settlement liberation Armyansk area 2 GA/4UF*1 Apr. 9 Rus 2
CA4401 Deployment of the Coastal Army Adzhi-Mushkai area CA Apr. 10 Rus 8
CA4402 Pursuit of Axis troops by the 227th Rifle Division Sevastopol vicinities CA Apr 11-16 Rus 14
4U4406 Decision of the Coastal Army commander for offensive Balaklava area CA/4UF ~May 7 Rus 11
4U4407 Decision of the 16th Rifle Corps commander on breaking through enemy defensive lines Balaklava area CA/4UF ~May 7 Rus 11
4U4408 Course of operations of the 16th Rifle Corps Balaklava area CA/4UF May 7-8 Rus 11
4U4409 Course of operations of the 16th Rifle Corps Sevastopol vicinities CA/4UF May 11-12 Rus 11

*1 - operated together with the 126RD/54th RC/2GA/4UF

Further operations of the 4th Ukrainian Front look here


upAbbreviations

A - Army

BAD - Breakthrough Artillery Division

CA - Coastal Army

GAbnD - Guards Airborne Division

GRC - Guards Rifle Corps

RC - Rifle Corps

RD - Rifle Division

UF - Ukrainian Front

YA - Yugoslavian Army

upLiterature:
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  2. www.himvoiska.narod.ru
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  4. V.A. Matsulenko. "Razgrom Nemetsko-Fashistskikh vojsk na Balkanskom napravlenii", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, Moscow, 1957
  5. "Organizatsiya i osushchestvlenije nastuplenija 10-m Gvardejskim Strelkovym Korpusom 46-j Armii i 20-m Gvardejskim Strelkovym Korpusom 4-j Gv. Armii 3-go Ukrainskogo Fronta v Budapeshtskoi Operatsii. Decabr 1944. Moscow, Izd. Akademii, 1957
  6. I.A. Samchuk, PG. Skachko, "Atakuyut Desantniki", Moscow, VI MO SSSR, 1975;
  7. "Sbornik boyevykh primerov iz opyta Velikoy Otechestvennoi Voiny". Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1982.
  8. S.M. Shtemenko. "General'nyi shtab v gody vojny. Ot Stalingrada do Berlina", Moscow, AST, 2005
  9. http://samsv.narod.ru
  10. Boyevyje Dejstvija Strelkovoy Divizii. Sbornik takticheskikh primerov iz Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojny. Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1958 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  11. Proryv podgotovlennoy oborony strelkovymi soyedinaniyami, Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1957 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  12. Historical Study Operations of Encircled Forces German Experiences in Russia Department of the Army
    Pamphlet 20-234 Washington, DC 1952, chapter 5 (cited from http://www.history.army.mil)
  13. Sovetskaja Artilleryija v Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojne 1941-1945 godov, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatel'stvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1960
  14. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Divizia", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moscow, 1976. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
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