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unusual facts about 9th Army



Anton Lopatin

During the war he commanded the 31st Rifle Corps of the Southwestern Front (from October 1940), 9th Army (from July 1941), 62nd Army (from August 1942)with the mission, to defend Stalingrad, 34th Army (from October 1942), 11th Army (during March - July 1943), and 20th Army (September - October 1943).


see also

Operation Buffalo

Operation Büffel (Buffalo), the withdrawal of the German 9th Army under General Walter Model in March 1943

Vistula–Oder Offensive

The 1st Belorussian Front, to Konev's north, opened its attack on the German 9th Army from the Magnuszew and Puławy bridgeheads at 08:30, again commencing with a heavy bombardment.