Ivan Semyonovich Bezugly (sometimes

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as Bezuglyi or Bezuglyy: russian: Иван Семёнович Безуглый; 1897–1983) was a

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officer who served as commander of the Red Army's 5th Airborne Corps in 1941, the first airborne

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of the Red Army to fight in

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after the

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on 22 June 1941.Glantz, David M. (1994)
''A History of Soviet Airborne Forces''.
London: Frank Cass. p. 49. , . Suffering heavy casualties just south of Daugavpils in combat against the advancing ''

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'' units of

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in the summer of 1941, the unit made its way to the

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on 15 August. Promoted to lieutenant-general later in the war, Bezugly took part in the Soviet operations against Imperial Japan following the end of World War II in Europe as commanding officer of the

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, which fought as part of

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Ivan Lyudnikov's 39th Army in the

Soviet invasion of Manchuria The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian strategic offensive operation (russian: Манчжурская стратегическая наступательная операция, Manchzhurskaya Strategicheskaya Nastu ...

in August 1945.Glantz, David M. (2005
''Soviet Operational and Tactical Combat in Manchuria, 1945: August Storm'', E-Book edition

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. p. 158. . The 5th Guards Rifle Corps captured Solun during the Manchurian operation.Glantz, David M. (2005
''Soviet Operational and Tactical Combat in Manchuria, 1945: August Storm'', E-Book edition

. p. 179. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bezugly, Ivan 1897 births 1983 deaths Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery People from Luhansk Oblast People from Kharkov Governorate Soviet lieutenant generals Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War People of the Polish–Soviet War Soviet military personnel of the Winter War Soviet military personnel of World War II from Ukraine