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4 unusual facts about Separate Coastal Army


30th Rifle Division

On 6 August 1941, the division was transferred to the Separate Coastal Army, which was entrusted with the defense of Odessa, but before managing to link up with the Separate Coastal Army, the division was cut off, not connected to the main forces of the army, and was forced to withdraw to the Southern Bug River.

Separate Coastal Army

On November 15, 1943 the Stavka ordered the Coastal army reformed, from command elements of the North Caucasian Front, assigned troops from the 56th Army, and to be the assault army in Kerch–Eltigen Operation to establish a bridgehead on the Crimean peninsula.

On May 20, the Coastal Army is listed as being under the command of the North Caucasian Front.

On October 20, the Army and the Sevastopol Defense District are reassigned to the Transcaucasus Front, on December 30, to the Caucasian Front, on January 28, 1942 to the Crimean Front, on April 26, under the direct supervision of the Commander in Chief of the Southwest Direction.



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