The Reserve Armies were a group of armies formed by the
Soviet Union's Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. Formed to control the training of newly formed units in the rear areas and provide army level headquarters to reconstitute destroyed armies or to form new armies. The Reserve Armies provided the Soviet High Command with a quickly deployable army headquarters to help stem German breakthroughs in the early part of the war.
1st Reserve Army
*Former
24th Army January 1942.
*First Formation redesignated
64th Army July 1942.
*Second Formation redesignated
2nd Guards Army
The 2nd Guards Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army that fought in World War II, most notably at Stalingrad.
History
The 2nd Guards Army was formed according to the order of the Staff of the Supreme High Command (Stavka) from Oc ...
December 1942.
2nd Reserve Army
*First Formation redesignated
1st Guards Army (First Formation) 7 August 1942.
*Second Formation redesignated
62nd Army
The 62nd Army (russian: 62-я армия) was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. Formed as the 7th Reserve Army as part of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command in May 1942, the formation was des ...
(First Formation) July 1942.
*Third Formation redesignated
63rd Army (Second Formation) April 1943.
3rd Reserve Army
*First Formation redesignated
60th Army
The Red Army's 60th Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. It was first formed in reserve in the Moscow Military District in October 1941, but soon was disbanded. It was formed a second time in July 1942, and continued in servi ...
July 1942.
*Second Formation redesignated
2nd Tank Army
The 2nd Guards Tank Army () was a large military formation of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army, now part of the Russian Ground Forces of the Russian Federation.
The army was originally formed in early 1943 as the 2nd Tank Army. It was the ...
January 1943.
*Third Formation redesignated
21st Army July 1943.
4th Reserve Army
*Redesignated
1st Guards Army (Second Formation) 8 December 1942.
5th Reserve Army
*Redesignated
63rd Army July 1942.
6th Reserve Army
*Redesignated
6th Army (Third Formation) July 1942.
7th Reserve Army
*Formed on 28 May 1942 in the STAVKA Reserves.
*Redesignated
62nd Army
The 62nd Army (russian: 62-я армия) was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. Formed as the 7th Reserve Army as part of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command in May 1942, the formation was des ...
July 1942.
8th Reserve Army
*Redesignated
66th Army
The 66th Army was a field army of the Red Army. It was established in August 1942 from the 8th Reserve Army. The 66th Army fought to break through to the Volga to the north of Stalingrad during September and October 1942. During Operation Uranus, ...
August 1942.
9th Reserve Army
*Redesignated
24th Army (Fourth Formation) September 1942.
10th Reserve Army
*Redesignated
5th Shock Army
The 5th Shock Army was a Red Army field army of World War II. The army was formed on 9 December 1942 by redesignating the 10th Reserve Army. The army was formed two times prior to this with neither formation lasting more than a month before bein ...
December 1942.
Reserve Army Southern Front
*Active in from 5 August 1941 to 25 August 1941.
*Redesignated
6th Army (Second Formation) 25 August 1941.
Reserve Army, Black Sea Group of Forces
*Active from 10 January 1943 to 13 February 1943.
*Redesignated
12th Army (Third Formation)
References
{{Armies of the Soviet Army
Field armies of the Soviet Union