2nd Belorussian Front
| 2nd Belorussian Front | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 1944–45 |
| Country |
 Soviet Union
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| Branch |
 Red Army
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| Type | Army group |
| Role | Co-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany |
| Size | Several Armies |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Pavel Kurochkin (February – April 1944) Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (April – November 1944) Konstantin Rokossovsky (November 1944 – June 1945) |
The 2nd Belorussian Front (Russian: 2-й Белорусский фронт, alternative spellings are 2nd Byelorussian Front and 2nd Belarusian Front) (2BF) was a military formation of Army group size of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. Soviet army groups were known as Fronts.
The 2nd Belorussian Front was created in February 1944 as the Soviets pushed the Germans back towards Byelorussia. General Colonel Pavel Kurochkin became its first commander. In hiatus in April 1944, its headquarters was reformed from the army headquarters of the disbanding 10th Army.
The Armies that were part of the 2nd Belorussian Front included the 2nd Shock Army, the 19th Army, the 49th Army, the 50th Army, the 65th Army, the 70th Army, the 5th Guards Tank Army, and the 4th Air Army.
On 2 January 1944 2BF entered the former Polish territories.
On 26 June 1944 the Front's forces captured Mogilev in the Mogilev Offensive. On 4 July, 2BF was tasked with mopping up the remains of Army Group Centre's Fourth Army under the command of General von Tippelskirch and the remains of the Ninth Army in a large pocket southeast of Minsk. On 9 July The 2BF attacks northwest from Vitebsk as part of a major Soviet offensive east of Riga towards Rezekne in order to cut off the German Army Group North. On 29 July Soviets reach the coast cutting Army Group North off in Estonia and Eastern Latvia. On 13 September 2BF captured Łomża, west of Białystok. In November 1944 Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky was appointed commander of 2BF just in time for its last two great offensives of World War II. As part of a massive attack by four Fronts on 14 January 1945 2BF attacked East Prussia (East Prussian Offensive) and later Pomerania (East Pomeranian Offensive).
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