The Batskelevich Cavalry Group was a cavalry formation of the
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.
Formed on 18 July 1941 in the
Western Front under the command of the 32nd Cavalry Division's commander.
This was the first of the Cavalry Groups formed during the war. The group operated as a raiding force on the flank and rear of the German 2nd Army and 2nd Panzer Corps. The group made several raids prior to the front stabilizing in August. The group was disbanded in September 1942.
Composition
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32nd Cavalry Division
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43rd Cavalry Division
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47th Cavalry Division
See also
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Cavalry corps (Red Army)
The cavalry corps (russian: кавалерийский корпус) of the Workers and Peasant Red Army was a type of military formation that existed from the early days of the Russian Civil War until 1947 when the Red Army was renamed as the So ...
References
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Cavalry corps of the Soviet Union