18th Army (Soviet Union)

The 18th Army of the

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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 ...

was formed on 21 June 1941 on the basis of HQ

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and armies of the

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Special Military District. The Army's commander in 1941 was General-Lieutenant Andrey Smirnov. The Army composition on the beginning of the war was: * 16th Mechanised CorpsТом VIII - Книга памяти Украины
/ref> ** 15th Tank Division, 39th Tank Division, 240th Mechanised Division, 64th Fighter Air Division and 45th Mixed Air Division * 17th Rifle Corps **96th Mountain Rifle Division, 60th Mountain Rifle Division, 164th Rifle Division * 18th Mechanised Corps ** 47th Tank Division, 218th Mechanised Division * 55th Rifle Corps ** 130th Rifle Division,

160th Rifle Division The 160th Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army may refer to: * 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation) * 160th Rifle Division (1941 formation) {{Short pages monitor