HISTORY62NDARMY

The history of the 62nd Army

The 62nd Army was activated in July 1942 from thr 7th Reserve Army. It's commander was

Major General V. Ia. Kolpakchi.

General A.I. Lopatin Lieutenant General A. I. Lopatin commander of the 62nd Army.

(August - September 1942)

He decided Stalingrad could not beheld, and began to widraw his

units without orders, so there was nothing for it to dismiss him*.

For the time being his Chief of Staff, Major-General Krylov took

over command until he was replaced by Vasiliy Ivanovich Chuikov.

Chuikov took over on September 12th, 1942.

*Dismissed by Yeremenko, commander of the Stalingrad Front.

The 62nd Army was reformed into the 8th Guards in April 1943.

Comander of 62nd Army.

Lieutenant General Vasili Ivanovich Chuikov.

General Major Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov

Rifle Divisions :

13th Guards : General Aleksander Ilyich Rodimtsev.

37th Guards : General Viktor Grigorivich Zholudev.

35th Guards Division : General Vasili A. Glazkov

(Killed on Sept 8th, 1942) (later Colonel V.P. Dubyanski)

39th Guards : General Major Stepan Savelivich Guriev.

45th : Lieutenant-Colonel Vasili Pavlovich Sokolov

95th : Vasili Akimovich Gorishny.

112th : Lieutenant-Colonel Vasili Pavlovich Sokolov

138th : Ivan Ivanovich Gorishny Lyudnikov.

193th : General Fedor Nikandrovich Smekhotvorov.

196th :Brigade Commissar Averin

(later Colonel S.P. Ivanov)

244th : Colonel G.A. Afanasiev

284th : Colonel Nikolai F. Batuyk

308th : Colonel Leonti Nikolayevich Gurtiev

10th NKVD Rifle Division : Colonel A.A. Sarayev

Marine Infantry Brigade :

92nd : Colonel Tarasov (Abandoned Brigade

during heavy fighting in Stalingrad.

Court-martialled and probably executed)

(later Major I.I. Samodai)

Special Brigades :

42nd : Colonel M.S. Batrakov (wounded Sept. 23th 1942)

115th : Colonel K.M. Andryusenko

124th : Colonel Seymon F. Gorokov

149th : Lieutenant-Colonel V.A. Bolvinov (killed Nov. 2nd 1942)

(later Major I.D. Durnev

Motorised Rifle Brigades :

38th Motorised Rifle Brigade : Colonel Ivan D. Burmakov

84th : Colonel D.N. Bely

189th : Lieutenant-Colonel K.S. Udovichenko

(Changed/ Renamed to 8th Guards Army because of actions at Stalingrad.)

(Formed Apr. 43 from 62nd Army)

Commander: Gen. Lt. V. I. Chuikov

Included: 28th, 29th and 4th Guards Rifle Corps:

Participated in Defensive operations as part of Southwestern Front (northern Donets River) followed by offensive operations: Izyum-Barven-Kovo, Donabs, and Battles for Dneper River line.

Offensive Operations: Nikopol-Krivoi Rog, Bereznegovatoye-Snigirovka, Odessa From Apr. to June 44, the Army was part of Stavka reserve, then joined the 1st Belorussian Front and participated in the Belorussian offensive.

Warsaw-Poznan and Berlin offensive operations.