24th Army (Soviet Union)
| 24th Army (1941-1943) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1 July 1941 - 13 April 1943 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army |
| Size | Army |
| Part of | I Formation Siberian Military District Reserve Front Western Front II Formation Moscow Military District Moscow Defense Zone<nr>III Formation Southern Front North Caucasus Front Transcaucasian Front IV Formation Stalingrad Front Don Front Steppe Military District |
| Engagements |
Yelnya Offensive Vyazma Defensive Battle of Stalingrad |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
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The 24th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed in 1941 and active during the Second World War. The army was disbanded and reformed a number of times during the war.
The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 June 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve (RVGK). Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. Headquarters disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket.
Composition on 1 September 1941:
Composition on 1 October 1941:
Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942 when it was redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). The army was assigned the 385th Rifle Division for less than a month. The army remained in the Moscow Defense Zone through April 1942 with no assigned forces.
Reformed again on 20 May 1942, from an Operational Group under the command of Major General Aleksei Grechkin while assigned to the Southern Front. The army was concentrated in the area of Salsk, Rostov Oblast. The army was then transferred to the North Caucasus Front on 28 July. In early August the units assigned were transferred to the 12th and 37th Armies, and its headquarters relocated to Grozny, Chechen Republic, Soviet Union, where it was assigned to the Transcaucasian Front. The army was disbanded on 23 August and the headquarters personnel were used to form the 58th Army (II) on August 28, 1942;
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