60th Army (Soviet Union)

60th Army
General of the Army Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Active	October–December 1941 10 July 1942 – August 1945
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Infantry
Part of	Moscow Military District Voronezh Front Kursk Front Central Front 1st Ukrainian Front 4th Ukrainian Front
Engagements	Battle of Voronezh (1942) Voronezh-Kastornoye offensive Battle of Kursk Lower Dnieper Offensive Battle of Kiev (1943) Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive Vistula-Oder Operation Moravian-Ostrava Offensive Prague Offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Ivan Chernyakhovsky Maksim Antoniuk

The Red Army's 60th Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. It was first formed in reserve in the Moscow Military District in October 1941, but soon was disbanded. It was formed a second time in July 1942, and continued in service until postwar. The 60th Army was commanded by Gen. Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky for much of the war, and it was while in this command that he proved himself worthy to be promoted to the rank of General of the Army and command of a Front at the age of 38 years. Elements of the army went on to, among other things, liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp.