The 3rd Belorussian Front () was a Front of the Red Army during the Second World War.
The 3rd Belorussian Front was created on 24 April 1944 from forces previously assigned to the Western Front. Over 381 days in combat, the 3rd Belorussian Front suffered 166,838 killed, 9,292 missing, and 667,297 wounded, sick, and frostbitten personnel while advancing from the region some 50 kilometers southeast of Vitebsk in Russia to Königsberg in East Prussia.
Operations the 3rd Belorussian Front took part in, include the Belorussian Offensive Operation, the Baltic Offensive Operation and the East Prussian Offensive Operation. Although costly, the advance of the 3rd Belorussian Front was in great part victorious, with one of the few defeats occurring during the Gumbinnen Operation in October 1944.
The 3rd Belorussian Front was formally disbanded on 15 August 1945.
+ 3rd Belorussian Front composition, July 1944Combat composition of the Soviet Army, 1 July 1944 Army Number and typeof divisions Independent brigades 5th 9 rifle divisions1 artillery division1 anti-aircraft division 1 gun-artillery brigade1 antitank brigade2 tank brigades1 assault sapper brigade1 sapper brigade 11th Guards 9 rifle divisions2 anti-aircraft divisions1 tank corps 1 gun-artillery brigade1 "BM" howitzer artillery brigade1 antitank brigade2 rocket launcher brigades1 tank brigade1 assault sapper brigade1 sapper brigade 31st 8 rifle divisions1 anti-aircraft division 1 gun-artillery brigade1 antitank brigade1 tank brigade1 sapper brigade 5th Guards Tank 2 tank corps1 anti-aircraft division - 1st Air 6 bomber divisions8 fighter divisions4 close support divisions1 night bomber division - Front HQ 3 cavalry divisions3 artillery divisions1 anti-aircraft division1 mechanized corps 1 "BM" howitzer artillery brigade1 rocket launcher brigade1 assault sapper brigade1 motorized sapper brigade1 engineer bridging brigade
Commanders Colonel General Ivan Chernyakhovsky [promoted to full General on 26 June 1944] (April 1944 – February 1945) Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky (February–April 1945) General Hovhannes Bagramyan (April–August 1945)
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