59th Army (Soviet Union)

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59th Army
Active	1941–1945
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Field army
Engagements	World War II Lyuban offensive operation Leningrad–Novgorod offensive Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive Vistula–Oder offensive Lower Silesian offensive Upper Silesian offensive Prague offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Ivan Galanin Ivan Korovnikov

The 59th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army. It was formed in November 1941 in the Siberian Military District. It was soon redeployed to the Arkhangelsk Military District and by December was part of the Volkhov Front. From January to April 1942, it fought in the Lyuban offensive operation, an unsuccessful attempt to relieve Leningrad. For the next two years, the army defended its bridgehead on the Volkhov River. During spring 1944, it fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod offensive, which broke the siege of Leningrad. During the summer of 1944, the army fought in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive, helping to end the Continuation War. In December, the army transferred to the Sandomierz bridgehead, from which it launched the Vistula–Oder offensive in January 1945. At the end of January, the army crossed the Oder and then fought in the Lower Silesian offensive and the Upper Silesian offensive. By late March it was in the Sudetes. In May 1945, the army launched the Prague offensive.^[1] Postwar, the army headquarters was used to create the Stavropol Military District in July 1945.^[2]