Reserve Front


The Reserve Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.

First Formation

The Reserve Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first version was created on July 30, 1941 in a reorganization of the earlier Front of Reserve Armies. STAVKA Order No.003334, of 14 July, directed that the Front of Reserve Armies include:
This Front was encircled and destroyed at Vyazma.
The surviving forces transferred to the Western Front on October 10, 1941 under the command of Zhukov.

2nd Formation

The second version of this Front was created on April 6, 1943. It incorporated the:
It was reorganized as the Steppe Military District on April 15, 1943 and eventually designated the Steppe Front.

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