44th Army (Soviet Union)

44th Army
Active	1941–1943
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Field army
Engagements	World War II Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran Battle of the Kerch Peninsula Battle of the Caucasus Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Stepan Chernyak Ivan Yefimovich Petrov

The 44th Army (Russian: 44-я армия) of the Soviet Union's Red Army was an army-level command active during World War II. Initially part of the Transcaucasian Front, its main actions included the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran and the Kerch amphibious landings (both in 1941), before being transferred to the Southern Front on 6 February 1943. There it took part in the Rostov, Donbas and Melitopol offensives. The army was disbanded in November 1943 and its units were transferred to other armies.^[1]