1st Baltic Front

1st Baltic Front
Standard of the 1st Baltic Front
Active12 October 1943 – 1945
Country Soviet Union
Branch Red Army
TypeArmy group
RoleCo-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in the Baltic, North Poland and East Prussian regions
Size3 Armies
EngagementsOperation Bagration
Baltic Offensive
East Prussian offensive
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Memel
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Hovhannes Bagramyan

The First Baltic Front (Russian: Пéрвый Прибалтийский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War. It was commanded by Army General Andrey Yeryomenko, succeeded by Army General Bagramyan. It was formed by renaming the Kalinin Front on 12 October 1943, and took part in several important military operations, most notably Bagration in the summer of 1944. The 1st Baltic Front also assisted in lifting the siege of Leningrad on 27 January 1944, as well as in Operation Samland, at that time known as the Samland Group, captured Königsberg in April 1945.[1]

  1. ^ Jukes. Stalin's Generals, p. 30