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The 8th Guards Order of Lenin Combined Arms Army (abbreviated 8th GCAA) was an army of the Soviet Army, as a successor to the 62nd Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, which was formed during World War II and was disbanded in 1998 after being downsized into a corps.
The division was formed by an order of the Moscow Military District and was based on the 5th Moscow Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division in Tula, 2nd Infantry Division in Tambov and the 5th Infantry Division in Kaluga. In September 1918 it was named the 8th Infantry Division. On 11 October 1918, it was renamed the 8th Rifle Division.
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Ceremonial honour guard uniforms. From left to right: Winter Army, Army, Air Force, Navy, 1994-2008 Army, 1994-2008 Air Force, 1994-2008 Navy, 1971-1994 Army, 1955-1971 Army Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin at an inspection by the President of the new Russian Armed Forces uniforms, January 2008 The bands of the Western Military District in their various uniforms
17th Artillery Division – with 13th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front 5.45. 18th Breakthrough Artillery Division – with 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front May 1945. 19th Breakthrough Artillery Division – with 3rd Ukrainian Front 5.45. 20th Breakthrough Artillery Division – Fought at Kursk, and in East Prussia and Kurland.
The Finns deployed only two divisions, and they had a support group of three brigades, bringing their total strength to over 30,000 uniforms. [2] The Soviets had a division for almost all roads leading west to the Finnish border. The Eighth Army was led by Ivan Khabarov, but on 13 December he was replaced by Grigori Shtern.
Units from the 8th Guards Army participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine under the command of Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi. [11] [12]According to experts, the 8th Combined Arms Army was intended to be a centrepiece of the Southern Military District in the southern European part of the Russian Federation, protecting from threats in that region.
Recreated at Moscow from 5th Moscow People's Militia Division in July 1941, fought at Moscow, Vyazma, and Rogan. With 57th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front 5.45. Disbanded with the Southern Group of Forces in the summer of 1945. [51] 114th Rifle Division — established in Transbaikal June 1941, fought on the Svir River, northern Finland and Norway.