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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.
A total of five shock armies were formed by the winter campaigns of 1942–43, the 2nd (former 26th Army), 3rd, and 4th (the former 27th Army). During the Stalingrad counteroffensive the 5th Shock Army was the last such formation formed.
The Companion cavalry of Alexander the Great (356-326 BC) are described as being the first example of shock cavalry being used in Europe. [1]During the Paraguayan War (1864–1870), in which Paraguay fought against Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, the Paraguayans deployed shock troops (composed of a mixture of dismounted cavalry and fit men who could row and swim) armed with sabres, cutlasses ...
In January 1946, the 2nd Shock Army left the Soviet Zone. A month later, the 47th Army was disbanded, with its units withdrawn to the Soviet Union. In October the 5th Shock Army was disbanded. In 1947 the 3rd and 4th Guards Mechanized Divisions (Mobilization), former mechanized armies, arrived in the group from the Central Group of Forces.
Pages in category "Soviet Shock Armies" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1st Shock Army;
Soviet Shock Armies (5 P) Soviet field armies in the Russian Civil War (28 P) T. Tank armies of the Soviet Union (17 P) Pages in category "Field armies of the Soviet ...
5 Shock Events to the World That Are Already in Sight. Maha Hosain Aziz. December 27, 2023 at 11:25 AM. A foggy warm sunrise during a new heat record in Nijmegen, the Netherlands on Sept. 10, 2023 ...
During this time, the 6th, 5th Shock and 28th Armies fought in the area of the major port and shipbuilding center of Nikolayev. A 67-man detachment commanded by Senior Lieutenant Konstantin Olshansky of the 384th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion of the Black Sea Fleet was landed by fishing boats near Nikolayev on the night of 25–26 March.