4th Shock Army

4th Shock Army
Active1941–1945
CountryUSSR
AllegianceSoviet Union
BranchRegular Army
TypeShock Army
RoleCombined Arms
Part ofFront
EngagementsToropets–Kholm Offensive
Nevel Offensive
Gorodok Offensive
Polotsk–Vitebsk Offensive
Rezhitsa–Dvinsk Offensive
Riga Offensive
Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive
Memel Offensive
Courland blockade
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrey Yeryomenko

The 4th Shock Army was a combined arms army of the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II.

The Army was formed from the 27th Army on 25 December 1941 (1st formation) within the Northwestern Front. On 1 October 1942 it included the 249th, 332nd, 334th, 358th and 360th Rifle Divisions, 21st Rifle Brigade, a number of separate tank battalions, the 66th, 67th, 68th, and 69th separate ski battalions, artillery and other subunits.


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