Northwestern Front

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Northwestern Front
Soldiers of the North-Western Front in action.
Active	June 1941 – September 1943
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Army Group Command
Size	Several Armies
Engagements	World War II Baltic Operation Leningrad Strategic Defensive Siege of Leningrad Toropets–Kholm Offensive Demyansk Pocket Operation Polar Star
Commanders
Notable commanders	Pavel Kurochkin Semyon Timoshenko

The Northwestern Front (Russian: Северо-Западный фронт) was a military formation of the Red Army during the Winter War and World War II. It was operational with the 7th and 13th Armies during the Winter War.^[1] It was re-created on 22 June 1941, the first day of the Eastern Front on the basis of the Baltic Special Military District. On 22 June the Front consisted of the 8th, 11th, and 27th Armies, as well as the 5th Airborne Corps and the headquarters of the 65th Rifle Corps.^[2]