Maps 1944

(South-Western Direction)

UpdatedJune 22, 2009
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Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

up1st Ukrainian Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
1U4401 Lutsk-Rovno operation Lutsk - Rovno area 1 UF Jan. 27-Feb.11 Rus 8
1U4402 Defensive positions of the 6th Tank Army at the outward front of the Korsun pocket W. from Lysyanka (Ukr. Lisyanka) 1 UF Feb. 4 Rus 13
1U4403 Fights of the 3rd Tank Corps vs. LAH division NEW Korsun pocket 3 TC/2 TA/1UF Feb. 7-9 Rus 14
1U4404 Operations of the 1st Tank Army Chernovtsy*1 vicinity 1 UF Mar. 23-31 Rus 3
1U4405 Antiaircraft protection of the 3rd Guards Tank Army in the course of break-through the defensive lines of Germans Zolochev area 1 UF July 16-17 Rus 12
1U4406 Operations of artillery during annihilation of Brody pocket Zolochev area 1 UF July 21-22 Rus 12
Rem.: The Korsun-Shevchenkovsky operation schemes see also in the section of the 2nd Ukrainian Front
 
upPoland
1U4406 Artillery movements prior to the Lvov-Sandomir operation Kolomyia - Lutsk area 1 UF June-July Rus 12
1U4407 Lvov operation and Sandomir beach-head capturing Lvov*2 - Sandomir 1 UF July- Aug. Rus 3
1U4408 Artillery fire of the 60th Army during preparatory bombardment. Lvov-Sandomir operation W from Pochaiv 1 UF ~July 13-14 Rus 12
1U4409 Meeting engagement of the 100th Tank Brigade in the Lvov-Sandomir operation Lvov*2 - Sandomir 31 TC/1UF July 20 Rus 4
1U4410 Sandomir beachhead operations Sandomir area 1 UF July 28 - Aug. 29 Rus ?
1U4411 Operations of the 9th Guards Airborne Division between Vistula and Visloka rivers Tarnowce area 33 GRC/5GA/ 1UF ~Aug. 5-6 Rus 6
1U4412 Antiarcraft protection of Vistula bridges Baranów area 1 UF Aug. 8+ Rus 12
1U4413 The scheme of bridges across Vistula river Sandomir area 1 UF Aug 11 Rus 9
1U4414 The battle scheme of the troops of the 6th Guards Tank Corps Staszow region*1 3 GTA/1UF Aug. 11-13 RusEng 7
1U4415 Damaged and destroyed German tanks positioning in the battle in Staszow area Staszow region*1 3 GTA/1UF zone Aug. 11-13 RusEng 7
1U4416 Antiaircraft protection of Vistula bridges Baranów area 1 UF Aug. 16+ Rus 12
1U4417 Crossing the Vistula river and bridgehead capture Baranów area 350 RD/24RC/ 13A/1UF Aug. 29-31 Rus 12
1U4418 Combat operations of the 25th Separate Flame thrower Battalion on Dorotki's bridge-head Dorotki area 3 GA/1UF Sept. 10 - 15 Rus 5
up Czechoslovakia
1U4419 Operations in Carpathian Mountains Krakow - Uzhgorod area 1 UF, 4 UF Sept-Nov Rus 1
(English version) Eng
1U4420 Combat for the Dukla pass Sanok - Krosno area 38 A/1UF Sep. 8 - Oct. 28 Rus 9
1U4421 Carpathian-Dukla operation Jaslo - Sanok area 38 A/1UF Sept 27-Nov. 8 Rus 10
1U4422 Carpathian-Dukla operation of the 38th Army and artillery movements thereof Jaslo - Sanok area 38 A/1UF   Rus 12

*1 - Before 1944 it was called Chernovitsy

*2 - In Polish - Lwow, in German - Lemberg

 

up4th Ukrainian Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
up Czechoslovakia
4U4401 A decision of the 1st Gds. Army's commander on the offensive Sanok area 4UF Sept. 6 Rus 2
(English version) Eng
4U4402 Operations of the 1st Gds. Army Sanok area 4UF Sept 9-30 Rus 2
(English version) Eng
4U4403 Crossing the main mountain ridge by the troops of the 1st Gds. Army Gabure-Uzhok area 4UF Sept 30 - Oct 18 Rus 2
(English version) Eng
4U4404 Fights of the 167th Rifle Division for the Ruske pass (Ruské sedlo) Cirocha river area 107 RC/1 GA/4UF ~Oct. 5 Rus 11
4U4405 Evolution of the offensive of the 1st Gds Army along the Hungarian plain and reaching Ondava river line W from Uzhgorod 4 UF Nov. 23-30 Rus 2
(English version) Eng

Previous operations of the 4th Ukrainian Front look here


upAbbreviations

A- Army

GA - Guards Army

GRC - Guards Rifle Corps

RC -Rifle Corps

RD - Rifle Division

upLiterature:
  1. Moskalenko K.S., "Na Yugo-Zapadnom Napravlenii", vol. 1, Moskva, Nauka, 1969 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  2. Levchenko V.S. "Srazheniye v Karpatakh", Moskva, 1960
  3. N. Popel, "Tanki povernuli na Zapad", Moskva, "AST", St.Petersburg, "Terra Fantastica", 2001
  4. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Polk", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moskva, 1974. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  5. www.himvoiska.narod.ru
  6. I.A. Samchuk, PG. Skachko, "Atakuyut Desantniki", Moskva, VI MO SSSR, 1975;
  7. www.armor.kiev.ua
  8. Grylev A.N. "Dnepr-Karpaty-Krym", Moskva, Nauka, 1970 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  9. www.rkka.ru
  10. Svoboda L., "Ot Buzuluka do Pragi", Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1963
  11. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Divizia", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moskva, 1976. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  12. Sovetskaja Artilleryija v Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojne 1941-1945 godov, Moskva, Voyennoye Izdatel'stvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1960
  13. Istoriya Vojn i voyennogo iskusstva, Voyennoye Izdatel'stvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moskva, 1970
  14. V.N. Nechaev, Gvardejskiy Umanskiy, Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1989
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