Red Army

Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946 Workers' and Peasants' Red ArmyРабоче-крестьянская Красная армияRed Army headgear insigniaActive28 January 1918 – 25 February 1946 (1918-01-28 – 1946-02-25)Country Russian SFSR (1918–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1946)TypeArmy and Air forceRoleLand warfareSize6,437,755 (Russian Civil War)34,476,700 (World War II)EngagementsWorld War I (Feb–Mar 1918)Russian Civil War (1917–23)Polish–Soviet War (1918–21)Mongolia intervention (1921–24)August Uprising (1924)Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926)Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)Xinjiang invasion (1934)First Japanese War (1932–39)Winter War (1939-1940)Continuation War (1941–1944)World War II (1939–45)CommandersChief of the General StaffSee listMilitary unit Soviet Armed Forces Components General Staff Strategic Rocket Forces Red ArmySoviet Army Air Defence Forces Air Forces Navy Airborne Forces Ranks of the Soviet Military Military ranks of the Soviet Union History of the Soviet Military Military history of the Soviet Union History of Russian military ranks vte Politics of