4th Guards Army (Soviet Union)

4th Guards Army (Soviet Union)

The Fourth Guards Army was an elite army headquarters of the Soviet Union during World War II and the postwar era.

Formed on the basis of the 24th Army on April 16, 1943, the Fourth Guards Army fought in decisive actions such as the Battle of Kursk, the Iassy-Kishinev Offensive, the struggle for central Hungary, and the Vienna Offensive. At the end of the war, the Fourth Guards Army was part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.

The order of battle for the Fourth Guards Army on May 1, 1945 was:

Fourth Guards Army:20th Guards Rifle Corps::5th Guards Airborne Division::7th Guards Airborne Division::80th Guards Rifle Division:21st Guards Rifle Corps::41st Guards Rifle Division::62nd Guards Rifle Division::66th Guards Rifle Division::69th Guards Rifle Division:31st Guards Rifle Corps::4th Guards Rifle Division::34th Guards Rifle Division::40th Guards Rifle Division:123rd Gun-Artillery Brigade:438th Antitank Regiment:466th Mortar Regiment:257th Anti-aircraft Regiment:56th Engineer-Sapper Brigade

After the war for a period the 4th Guards Army joined the Central Group of Forces in Austria until its withdrawal.

Article Sources

* The Red Army Order of Battle in the Great Patriotic War, Robert G. Poirier and Albert Z. Conner, Novato: Presidio Press, 1985. ISBN 0-89141-237-9.
* Order of Battle of the Soviet Army 1941 - 1945 (official Soviet order of battle from General Staff archives), Moscow: Ministry of Defense, 1990.


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