The Soviet 8th Guards Army was an army of the Soviet Army, disbanded finally in the early 1990s. This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ...

History

Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the 8th Guards Army. In 1945 the Soviet 8th Guards Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov. It was part of Marshal Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front. The 8th Guards Army spearheaded the Red Army drive to Berlin in the spring of 1945, and later became part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Stalingrad is the former name of two cities: Volgograd, Russia Karviná-Nové Město, near Ostrava, Czech Republic Other uses: The Battle of Stalingrad (a major turning-point of World War II and arguably the bloodiest battle in human history) Stalingrad (German film set during the above battle) Stalingrad... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Vasily Chuikov during World War II Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в) (February 12, 1900 - March 18, 1982) was a lieutenant general in the Soviet Red Army during World War II, two times Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), who after the war became a Marshal of the Soviet Union. ... The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza [Маршал Советского Союза]) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgi Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Russian: Гео́ргий Константи́нович Жу́ков) (December 1, 1896 - June 18, 1974), Soviet military commander and... The 1st Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Belarusian Front) was a Soviet Army Front during the Great Patriotic War. ... The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that in 1922 became the army of the Soviet Union. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 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. ...

During the Cold War, 8th Guards Army stood opposed to NATO forces (specifically the US V Corps) along the strategically vital Fulda Gap in West Germany. For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[2] (NATO; French: ; also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance) is a military alliance established on 4 April 1949 by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. ... Unit crest of the United States Army V Corps, the Victory Corps. ... Theoretical attack vectors in the Fulda Gap. ...

In the last years of its existence, in the late 1980s, 8th Guards Army consisted of:

• Headquarters at Weimar-Nohra
• 79th Guards Tank Division - Jena, GDR: - disbanded, 1992
• 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division - Halle, GDR: - to Totskoye, Volga Military District
• 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Division - Ohrdruf, GDR: - disbanded, 1992
• 57th Guards Motorized Rifle Division - Naumburg, GDR – disbanded, 1992
• 47th Tank Brigade - Plauen, GDR: 156 T-80, 18 2S1, 4 2S6, 4 SA-13

Totskoye (Russian: ) is a village (selo) in Orenburg Oblast, Russia (Southern Urals). ...

Trivia

The 8th Guards Army was featured in the game Panzer Commander.

See also

• Second World War
• Red Army
• Warsaw Pact

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References

• Beevor, Antony; Cooper, Artemis (2002). The Fall of Berlin 1945 (1st ed.). New York: Viking.
• Powell, Colin L.; Persico, Joseph (1996). My American Journey (1st ed.). New York: Ballantine Books.
• Andy Johnson, Warsaw Pact Order of Battle June 1989, last updated 27 May 2000