The 1st Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Belarusian Front) was a military subdivision (Front) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries. Its subordinate formations included the 8th Guards Army. State motto: Belarusian: Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Minsk Official language Belarusian, Polish, Russian and Yiddish (before WWII) Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until January 1, 1919 December 30, 1922 August 25, 1991 Area  - Total  - Water (%) Ranked 6th in the USSR 207,600 km² negligible Population  - Total   - Density... A Front (фронт) was a major military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an army or army group in British or American military terminology. ... This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... A military front or battlefront is a contested armed frontier between opposing forces. ... The Soviet 8th Guards Army was an army of the Soviet Army, disbanded finally in the early 1990s. ...

The Belorussian Front was created on October 20, 1943 as the new designation of the existing Central Front. It was renamed the 1st Belorussian Front (1BF) on February 17, 1944, along with the creation of the 2nd Belorussian Front and 3rd Belorussian Front. During 1944, the Front operated in the Bobruysk and Brest-Lublin directions. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... The Central Front was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The 2nd Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 2nd Byelorussian Front and 2nd Belarusian Front) was one of the Soviet Army fronts during World War II. The term front was used by the Soviets army in World War II to describe a grouping of two or more armies in the same... The 3rd Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 3rd Belarusian Front) was one of the Soviet Army fronts during the World War II. At various times, it was commanded by Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky and General Ivan Chernyakhovsky. ... The city of Babruysk (Belarusian: Бабру́йск; Russian: Бобру́йск) is located in Mahilyow voblast of Belarus on the Berezina river. ... Brest (Belarusian: , Russian: , Polish: ; Alternative names), formerly Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk, is a city (population 290,000 in 2004) in Belarus close to the Polish border where the Western Bug and Mukhavets Rivers meet. ... For other uses, see Lublin (disambiguation). ...

The Front took part in the following operations: Operation Bagration, Lublin-Brest Offensive, Rogachev-Zhlobin Operation, Bobruysk Operation, Vistula-Oder Offensive, Warsaw-Poznan Operation, Battle of Berlin (Багратион, Рогачевско-Жлобинская, Бобруйская, Висло-Одерская и Варшавско-Познанская) Combatants Axis Soviet Union Commanders Ernst Busch Walther Model Ferdinand Schörner Konstantin Rokossovski Georgy Zhukov Aleksandr Vasilevsky Strength 800,000 1,700,000 Casualties (Soviet est. ... Combatants Nazi Germany Romania Soviet Union Commanders Ferdinand Schorner (until July 23) Johannes Friessner (from July 25) (Heeresgruppe Sudukraine) Günther Blumentritt (until June 28) Walter Model (until August 16) Georg Hans Reinhardt (Army Group Centre) Konstantin Rokossovsky (1st Belorussian Front) Strength  ?  ? Casualties  ?  ? Lublin-Brest Offensive is covered in the... Combatants Wehrmacht i. ... Combatants Soviet Union Communist Poland Nazi Germany Commanders 1st Belorussian Front – Georgiy Zhukov 2nd Belorussian Front – Konstantin Rokossovskiy 1st Ukrainian Front – Ivan Konev Army Group Vistula – Gotthard Heinrici then Kurt von Tippelskirch[2] Army Group Centre – Ferdinand Schörner Berlin Defense Area – Helmuth Reymann then Helmuth Weidling #[3] Strength 2...

It also took part in the Battle of Radzymin (1944), where its 8th Guards, 28th, 47th, 65th, 69th, and 70th Armies (including the Soviet 1st Rifle Division) were involved. The Battle of Radzymin was a clash between the Red Army and the Wehrmacht that happened between August 1 and August 10 near the town of Radzymin in the vicinity of Warsaw. ... The Soviet 1st Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Unions Red Army, first established in the 1920s, and finally disbanded in the mid 1950s. ...

Following the war, the Front headquarters formed the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1949--1988), also known as Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (1945--1949) and Western Group of Forces (1988-1990) were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany. ...

Commander Zhukov

Marshal Georgy Zhukov was appointed commander of the 1BF for its last two great offensives of World War II. After the capture of Poland and East Prussia from January-March 1945, the Soviets redeployed their forces during the first two weeks of April. Marshal Georgy Zhukov concentrated 1BF, which had been deployed along the Oder river from Frankfurt in the south to the Baltic, into an area in front of the Seelow Heights. The 2nd Belorussian Front moved into the positions being vacated by the 1BF north of the Seelow Heights. While this redeployment was in progress gaps were left in the lines and the remnants of the German II Army which had been bottled up in a pocket near Danzig managed to escape across the Oder. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, GCB (Russian: ) (December 1, 1896 [O.S. November 19]–June 18, 1974), was a Soviet military commander who, in the course of World War II, led the Red Army to liberate the Soviet Union from the Nazi occupation, to overrun... Frankfurt (Oder) ( Sorbian/Lusatian: Frankobord ) is a city in Brandenburg, Germany located on the Oder River, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the city of SÅ‚ubice. ... The Seelow Heights were the scene of the bloodiest battle on German soil during the Second World War. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

In the early hours of April 16 the final offensive of the war to capture Berlin and link up with Western Allied forces on the Elbe started with attacks by 1BF and by Marshal Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front (1UF) to the south. Initially the 1BF had great difficulty smashing through the German lines of defence, but after three days they had broken through and were approaching the outskirts of Berlin. By 22 April 1BF had penetrated the northern and eastern suburbs of Berlin. They finished the encirclement of Berlin on 25 April when units of the 1BF and 1UF meet at Kietzen west of Berlin. After heavy street by street and house to house fighting, General Weidling, the commander of Berlin's garrison, met with General Chuikov and surrendered Berlin unconditionally at 15:00 hours local time on May 2. On 8 May, after a signing ceremony in Berlin, the German armed forces surrendered to the Allies unconditionally and the war in Europe was over. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Marshal Ivan Konev Ivan Stepanovich Koniev (Russian Иван Степанович Конев) (December 28, 1897 – May 21, 1973), Soviet military commander, was born into a peasant family near Podosinovsky in central Russia (now in Kirov Oblast). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (116th in leap years). ... General Helmuth Weidling was the German officer who surrended Berlin to the Soviet forces in the final stages of world war two. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (129th in leap years). ... This article chronicles the end of the European Theatre of World War II. On April 25, 1945 United States and Soviet troops linked-up, cutting Germany in two. ...

Commanders

• Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovksky [continuing from command of Central Front] (October 1943-November 1944)
• Marshal Georgy K. Zhukov (November 1944-June 1945)

Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович Рокоссовский, Polish name Konstanty Rokossowski) (December 21, 1896 – August 3, 1968), Soviet military commander and Polish Defence Minister. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, GCB (Russian: ) (December 1, 1896 [O.S. November 19]–June 18, 1974), was a Soviet military commander who, in the course of World War II, led the Red Army to liberate the Soviet Union from the Nazi occupation, to overrun...

Commissars

• Lt. General Konstantin F. Telegin [continuing from Central Front] (October 1943-May 1944; November 1944-June 1945)
• Colonel General Nikolai A. Bulganin (May 1944-November 1944)

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Time Line

1943

• 20 October: Creation

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1944

• 17 February: Designated 1st Belorussian Front.
• 26 June: The attacks of 1BF encircle Bobruisk, trapping 40,000 troops of the German 41st Panzer Corps (part of 9th Army).
• 18 July-2 August: Lublin-Brest Offensive
• 2 August - 30 September: cleaning Germans east of Vistula
  • 14 September: 1BF with the support of Polish forces captures Praga, a suburb of Warsaw.
• November: Marshal Georgy Zhukov appointed commander of the Front

February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... Combatants Nazi Germany Romania Soviet Union Commanders Ferdinand Schorner (until July 23) Johannes Friessner (from July 25) (Heeresgruppe Sudukraine) Günther Blumentritt (until June 28) Walter Model (until August 16) Georg Hans Reinhardt (Army Group Centre) Konstantin Rokossovsky (1st Belorussian Front) Strength  ?  ? Casualties  ?  ? Lublin-Brest Offensive is covered in the... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Praga Północ and Praga PoÅ‚udnie Pragas market, Jan Piotr Norblin, 1791. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, GCB (Russian: ) (December 1, 1896 [O.S. November 19]–June 18, 1974), was a Soviet military commander who, in the course of World War II, led the Red Army to liberate the Soviet Union from the Nazi occupation, to overrun...

1945

• 13 January 1BF began an offensive toward Pillkallen in East Prussia, against which they meet stiff resistance from the III Panzer Army.
• 14 January 1BF continues its attacks South of Warsaw from two Vistula bridgeheads, one of which holds 400,000 men and 1,700 tanks.
• 24 January 1BF and 2nd Belorussian Fronts attack Pomerania. German II Army is cut off.
• 25 January 1BF cuts off the fortress city of Posen which held 66,000 Germans and continues its 80 km a day advance.
• 31 January 1BF reaches the river Oder to the North of Küstrin and establishes a bridgehead on the western side less than 60 km from Berlin.
• 1 February 1BF surrounds the fortress town of Küstrin.
• 2 February 1BF reaches the Oder to the south of Frankfurt (Oder)
• 6 February 1BF fans out along the east bank of the Oder between Frankfurt and Küstrin.
• 23 February 1BF captures Posen after a month-long siege.
• 4 March 1BF breaks through the German lines at Stargard and drives towards Stettin. It also establishes a new bridgehead across the Oder to the south of Frankfurt.
• 27 March 1BF is involved in heavy street fighting in Danzig
• 28 March 1BF captures Gotenhafen north of Danzig.
• 29 March The fortress town of Küstrin falls to the 1BF after a siege lasting almost a month.
• 30 March Soviet troops finally capture Danzig
• 16 April 1BF and the 1st Ukrainian Front start the final offensive on Berlin from along the Oder-Neisse line.
• 17 April The 1BF assault against Berlin is stalled by tenacious German resistance on the Seelow Heights, 3 km west of the Oder, with great losses of troops and tanks for the Soviets.
• 18 April 1BF continues to batter the German position across the Seelow Heights in a battle of attrition.
• 19 April 1BF breaks through the German defences on the Seelow Heights and moves rapidly towards Berlin.
• 22 April 1BF penetrates the northern and eastern suburbs of Berlin.
• 25 April Units of the 1BF and 1st Ukrainian Fronts meet at Kietzen west of Berlin. Berlin is now completely encircled by eight Russian armies.
• 30 April Zhukov refuses to grant the defenders of Berlin an armistice and demands an unconditional surrender
• 2 May General Weidling, the commander of Berlin's Garrison meets with General Chuikov and accepts his terms of unconditional surrender of Berlin. The garrison in Berlin surrenders at 3pm local time.
• 8 May In deference to the Soviets, the surrender ceremony to the Western Allies at Rheims on the previous day is repeated before Marshal Zhukov and other Soviet generals at Karlshorst, a suburb of Berlin.
• 10 June. Front disbanded; its command transformed into the command of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.