5th Shock Army

5th Shock Army (1942–46)
Active9 December 1942 – December 1946
DisbandedDecember 1946
CountrySoviet Union
BranchRed Army
SizeArmy
Part ofStalingrad Front
Southwestern Front
4th Ukrainian Front
3rd Ukrainian Front
1st Belorussian Front
3rd Belorussian Front
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
EngagementsBattle of Stalingrad
Battle of Rostov (1943)
Liberation of Left Bank and Right Bank Ukraine,
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive
Battle of Berlin

The 5th Shock Army was a Red Army field army of World War II. The army was formed on 9 December 1942 by redesignating the 10th Reserve Army. The army was formed two times prior to this with neither formation lasting more than a month before being redesignated.


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