| 42nd Army | |
|---|---|
| Active | 4 Aug 1941 – 1945/46 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Combined Arms |
| Size | Army |
| Part of | Leningrad Front 3rd Baltic Front 2nd Baltic Front |
| Engagements | Leningrad Strategic Defensive Siege of Leningrad Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive Pskov-Ostrov Offensive Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha Offensive Riga Offensive Courland Pocket |
The 42nd Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, created in 1941.
Created on 5 August 1941. Formed on the basis of the 50th Rifle Corps under the command of Major General Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov. The army initially consisted of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Guards Leningrad Peoples' Militia Divisions. The 51st Corps, 690th Anti-Tank and 740th Artillery Regiments, and the Krasnogvardeisk Fortified Region soon joined the Army. Sources disagree on when the army was disbanded; V.I. Feskov et al. 2004 says that it 'ceased to exist in Summer 1945;'[1] his later corrected edition of 2013 specifies 30 July 1945 (V.I. Feskov et al 2013, 131) while David Glantz in an earlier 2009 document lists the army on an order of battle for November 1945 in the Baltic Military District with no forces assigned.[2] He also says it was 'disbanded in 1946.'