2nd Ukrainian Front

The 2nd Ukrainian Front was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War.

History

On October 20, 1943, the Steppe Front was renamed the 2nd Ukrainian Front.
In mid-May 1944 Malinovsky took over the 2nd Ukrainian Front.
During the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, 2nd Ukrainian Front, led by Army General Rodion Malinovsky, comprised:

6th Guards Tank Army – Major General A.G. Kravchenko
4th Guards Army – Ivan Galanin
7th Guards Army – Lieutenant General M.S. Shumilov
27th Army – Lieutenant General S.G. Trofimenko
40th Army – Lieutenant General Filipp Zhmachenko
52nd Army – Lieutenant General K.A. Koroteev
53rd Army – Lieutenant General Ivan Managarov
18th Tank Corps – Major General V.I. Polozkov
Cavalry-Mechanized Group Gorshkov – Major General Sergey Gorshkov
*5th Guards Cavalry Corps
* 23rd Tank Corps – Lieutenant General Alexey Akhmanov

On 1 January 1945, during the Siege of Budapest, the Front consisted of the

7th Guards Army,
27th Army
40th Army
53rd Army
6th Guards Tank Army,
a Cavalry mechanized group consisting of 4th and 6th Guards Cavalry Corps,
5th Air Army.

On 10 June 1945, in accordance with a Stavka directive of 29 May 1945, the 2nd Ukrainian Front was disbanded. Elements thereof were incorporated into Headquarters Odessa Military District.
The 12th Air Defence Corps, established from the Odessa Corps Air Defence Area on 21.04.1944, provided air defence to the 2nd Ukrainian Front until 01.02.1945, except for its 61st AAA Division, which provided air defence to the 1st Ukrainian Front.

Commanders

Army General Ivan Konev
Army General Rodion Malinovsky