Komanduiushchie frontami i armiiami v gody velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny - Malashenko Evgenii Ivanovich

The essay highlights the combat path and military activities of the commanders of the troops, the chiefs of staff of the fronts and commanders of the general armies, tank and air armies and air defense armies during the war. Through their biographies traces the glorious heroic path of the Red Army during the war. The essay provides updated data on the number of commanders. Previously, it was believed that the fronts were commanded by 40 people, armies 183, and the chiefs of staff of the fronts were 39 people. Archival documents show that 43 fronts were commanded, 280 people were in the army, and the headquarters of the fronts were headed by 63 people. The names of all of them and biographical data are given in the essay. Archival documents of the Supreme Command, the State Defense Committee, the Defense And General Staff, as well as the works of the Institute of Military History of the Russian Ministry of Defense, memoirs of the Soviet Union, were used in the writing of the work. military commanders, works by M.A. Gareev, A.A. Pechenkin, I.I. Kuznetsov and other authors. This essay is a modest contribution of the Club of Military Leaders of the Russian Federation in perpetuating the memory of the commanders of the fronts and armies, the pride of our Fatherland. The book is intended for military commanders, officers, war veterans, the Armed Forces, as well as for readers interested in domestic military history.