Caucasian Front (Soviet Union)

The Caucasian Front or Caucasus Front was a military subdivision (Front) of the Red Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries.

The Caucasus Front was created on December 30, 1941 as the new designation of the existing Transcaucasus Front. General Lieutenant Dmitri Kozlov was placed in command. It comprised the 44th, 47th, and 51st Armies. On January 28, 1942, the forces transferred to the (new) Crimean Front and the (reestablished) Transcaucasus Military District.

Fronts of the Red Army in World War II

1938–40	Northwestern Belorussian Ukrainian Far Eastern

June 1941	Northern Northwestern Western Southwestern Southern Far Eastern

Mid-war	Karelian Leningrad Volkhov Kalinin Central Bryansk Moscow Defence Zone Moscow Line of Defence Moscow Reserve Front Maritime Group of Forces Reserve Oryol Kursk Voronezh Don Stalingrad Southeastern Steppe North Caucasian Transcaucasian Caucasian Crimean

Late war	1st Baltic 2nd Baltic 3rd Baltic 1st Belorussian 2nd Belorussian 3rd Belorussian 1st Ukrainian 2nd Ukrainian 3rd Ukrainian 4th Ukrainian Transbaikal 1st Far Eastern 2nd Far Eastern

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