2nd Far Eastern Front

2nd Far Eastern Front

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=2nd Far Eastern Front


caption=
dates=August 5, 1945 - 1 October, 1945
country=Soviet Union
allegiance=
branch=Soviet Army
type=Army Group Command
role=
size=Several Armies
command_structure=
current_commander=
garrison=
battles=World War II
Battle of Manchuria
notable_commanders=Maksim Purkayev
anniversaries=__NOTOC__The 2nd Far Eastern Front ( _ru. 2-й Дальневосточный фронт) was a Front — a formation equivalent to a Western Army Group — of the Soviet Army. It was formed just prior to the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, and was active from August 5, 1945 until 1 October, 1945.cite web |url=http://victory.mil.ru/rkka/units/02/41.html |title=2-й Дальневосточный фронт |accessdate=2008-02-28 |work=Russian ministry of defense ]

History

Promptly following its creation, the 2nd Far East Front was engaged the Japanese 1st front, 5th front and 4th separate army in Manchuria, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. In Manchuria, soldiers of the front swiftly crossed the Amur and Ussuri rivers, destroying all Japanese resistance. On August 20, the front's 15th Army took Harbin. Later, the 2nd Red Banner Army entered the Kalochzhan and Lyunchzhen regions, the 15th Army entered the Sansin region, and the 5th Rifle Corps entered the Boli region. The Japanese armies failed to render significant resistance in these regions, and by August 20, they began to surrender into Soviet captivity.

On August 11, elements of the 16th Army began an offensive in Southern Sakhalin and by August 18 they had captured most of the island. From August 19-25 the front conducted amphibious assault operations near port Kholmsk, and combined amphibious and airborne assault operations near port Korsakov. By August 25, Soviet forces captured the administrative centre of Sakhalin, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. By early September, the Japanese forces ended their resistance, but due to slow advances on Sakhalin, the planned Soviet operation on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō was never carried out.

Meanwhile, an operational group composed of the 101st Rifle Division captured the Kurile Islands.

tructure

* 2nd Red Banner Army
* 5th Rifle Corps
* 15th Army
* 16th Army
* 10th Air Army
* Kamchatka Defensive Region
**101st Rifle Division
**198th Rifle Regiment
**5th, 7th Rifle Battalions
* Amur Military Flotilla
* North Pacific Military Flotilla

ee also

*Soviet Far East Front

References

*http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/012_ussr/45-08-08/2-far-east.html - Order of Battle, Aug. 9, 1945


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