9th Guards Army

9th Guards Army
Active1945–1946
Country Soviet Union
BranchRed Army
TypeCombined arms
Size3 rifle corps
Part of2nd Ukrainian Front
3rd Ukrainian Front
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Vasily Glagolev

The 9th Guards Army was a field army of the Red Army during World War II, which fought in the Vienna Offensive and the Prague Offensive at the end of the war. The army was formed in January 1945 and included airborne divisions converted into infantry. Postwar, the army headquarters became Soviet airborne headquarters.


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