 Soviet infantry marching unopposed in Poland
 Situation after September 14, 1939 - the map also gives information on placement and movement of some Soviet troops The Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939 details the major combat units arrayed for Soviet invasion of Poland in September, 1939. The Invasion of Poland is best remembered for the German-Polish fighting, but the Soviets contributed a large force to occupation of Belarusian and Ukrainian lands. Joining battle after the Germans had already launched their attacks, the Soviets met little resistance, but were prepared for battle. Like the Germans, the Soviets employed two primary prongs of assault, each managed by a front (similar to the structure of German army groups). Image File history File links Soviet_infantry. ...
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is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For Nazi Germanys military action against Poland under the same alliance, see Nazi Germanys invasion of Poland (1939). ...
Combatants Poland Germany Soviet Union Slovakia Commanders Edward Rydz-Śmigły Fedor von Bock (Army Group North), Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South), Mikhail Kovalev (Belorussian Front), Semyon Timoshenko (Ukrainian Front), Ferdinand Čatloš (Field Army Bernolák) Strength 39 divisions, 16 brigades, 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft Total...
Belarusian front The Soviet Belarusian front commanded four armies and was the northern of the two fronts invading.
Commander: Mikhail Kovalov Kovalyov (in the center) on the Transbaykal Front Mikhail Prokofievich Kovalyov (Russian: ) (7 July [O.S. 26 June] 1897-31 August 1967) was a Soviet military officer, Colonel-General. ...
Third Army The Third Army comprised two corps-sized units. The Soviet Third Army was an important Soviet Red Army field formation during World War II. The Third Army was created in 1939 in the Special Belorussian Military District as part of Vitebsk Army Group. ...
- Soviet 4th Corps
- 5th Rifle Division
- 50th Rifle Division
- Soviet 18th Tank Brigade
- Soviet Lepelska Group
- Soviet 24th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 27th Rifle Division
- Soviet 16th Tank Brigade
Fourth Army The Soviet Fourth Army comprised two corps. The Soviet Fourth Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that served on the Eastern Front. ...
- Soviet 6th Cavalry Corps
- Soviet 4th Cavalry Division (shared with 16th Cavalry Corps)
- Soviet 6th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 11th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 16th Light Tank Brigade
- Soviet 16th Corps
- Soviet 4th Cavalry Division (shared with 6th Cavalry Corps)
- Soviet 13th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 33rd Cavalry Division
- Soviet 21st Tank Brigade
Tenth Army The 10th Army (Soviet Union) comprised one corps. - Soviet 24th Corps
- Soviet 29th Rifle Division
- Soviet 139th Rifle Division
- Soviet 145th Rifle Division
Eleventh Army The Soviet 11th Army comprised unknown units. The 11th Army of the Workers and Peasants Red Army (RKKA) was a unit of the then newly created Russian Red Army. ...
Ukrainian front The Soviet Ukrainian front covered the southern portion of the invasion of Poland in 1939, and comprised three armies.
Commander: Semyon Timoshenko Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (Russian: Семён Константинович Тимошенко) (February 6 O.S (February 18 N.S.), 1895-March 31...
Fifth Army The Soviet Fifth Army comprised two corps. The Soviet Fifth Army was a Soviet field army of World War II. The Fifth Army was created in August 1939 in the Special Kiev Military District. ...
- Soviet 3rd Cavalry Corps
- Soviet 7th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 27th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 3rd Light Tank Brigade
- One additional unidentified cavalry division
- Soviet 8th Corps
- Soviet 44th Rifle Division
- Soviet 46th Rifle Division
- Soviet 89th Rifle Division
Sixth Army The Sixth Army comprised two corps. The 6th Army, a field army of the Soviet Red Army was generated in August, 1939 in the Kiev Special military district. ...
- Soviet 2nd Cavalry Corps
- Soviet 3rd Cavalry Division
- Soviet 5th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 14th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 24th Light Tank Brigade
- Soviet 17th Corps
- Soviet 72nd Rifle Division
- Soviet 96th Rifle Division
- Soviet 97th Rifle Division
Twelfth Army The Twelveth Army comprised four corps. - Soviet 4th Cavalry Corps
- Soviet 10th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 12th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 13th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 5th Cavalry Corps
- Soviet 16th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 25th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 30th Cavalry Division
- Soviet 15th Independent Corps
- Soviet 7th Rifle Division
- Soviet 45th Rifle Division
- Soviet 60th Rifle Division
- Soviet 25th Tank Corps
- Soviet 4th Light Tank Brigade
- Soviet 5th Tank Brigade
- Soviet 23rd Independent Tank Brigade
- Soviet 26th Independent Tank Brigade
- Soviet 1st Motor Rifle Brigade
See also - War and campaign articles
- Other forces in the Polish Campaign
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