Maps 1944

(South-Western Direction)

September 15, 2009

• 1st Ukrainian Front
  • Poland
  • Czechoslovakia
• 4th Ukrainian Front
  • Czechoslovakia

Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

1st Ukrainian Front # Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source 1U4401 Lutsk-Rovno operation Lutsk - Rovno area 1 UF Jan. 27-Feb.11 8 1U4402 Defensive positions of the 6th Tank Army at the outward front of the Korsun pocket W. from Lysyanka (Ukr. Lisyanka) 1 UF Feb. 4 13 1U4403 Fights of the 3rd Tank Corps vs. LAH division Korsun pocket 3 TC/2 TA/1UF Feb. 7-9 14 1U4404 Operations of the 1st Tank Army Chernovtsy*1 vicinity 1 UF Mar. 23-31 3 1U4405 Fights of the 3/865th Rifle Regiment vs. German regiment which crossed the road Stanislawow - Kolomyja Stanislawów (now Ivano-Frankovsk)*2 - Kolomyja*3 road 3/865RR/271RD/ 11RC/1TA/1UF Apr. 12 15 1U4406 Antiaircraft protection of the 3rd Guards Tank Army in the course of break-through the defensive lines of Germans Zolochev area 1 UF July 16-17 12 1U4407 Operations of artillery during annihilation of Brody pocket Zolochev area 1 UF July 21-22 12 1U4408 Fights of the 193rd Guards Rifle Regiment for Obetch area Ivano-Frankovsk (Stanislawów)*2 region 193 GRR/66 GRD/ 95RC/18A/1UF July 23 15 Rem.: The Korsun-Shevchenkovsky operation schemes see also in the section of the 2nd Ukrainian Front   Poland 1U4409 Artillery movements prior to the Lvov-Sandomir operation Kolomyia - Lutsk area 1 UF June-July 12 1U4410 Lvov operation and Sandomir beach-head capturing Lvov*4 - Sandomir 1 UF July- Aug. 3 1U4411 Artillery fire of the 60th Army during preparatory bombardment. Lvov-Sandomir operation W from Pochaiv 1 UF ~July 13-14 12 1U4412 Meeting engagement of the 100th Tank Brigade in the Lvov-Sandomir operation Lvov*4 - Sandomir 31 TC/1UF July 20 4 1U4413 Sandomir beachhead operations Sandomir area 1 UF July 28 - Aug. 29 ? 1U4414 Operations of the 9th Guards Airborne Division between Vistula and Visloka rivers Tarnowce area 33 GRC/5GA/ 1UF ~Aug. 5-6 6 1U4415 Antiarcraft protection of Vistula bridges Baranów area 1 UF Aug. 8+ 12 1U4416 The scheme of bridges across Vistula river Sandomir area 1 UF Aug 11 9 1U4417 The battle scheme of the troops of the 6th Guards Tank Corps Staszow region*1 3 GTA/1UF Aug. 11-13 7 1U4418 Damaged and destroyed German tanks positioning in the battle in Staszow area Staszow region*1 3 GTA/1UF zone Aug. 11-13 7 1U4419 Antiaircraft protection of Vistula bridges Baranów area 1 UF Aug. 16+ 12 1U4420 Crossing the Vistula river and bridgehead capture Baranów area 350 RD/24RC/ 13A/1UF Aug. 29-31 12 1U4421 Combat operations of the 25th Separate Flame thrower Battalion on Dorotki's bridgehead Dorotki area 3 GA/1UF Sept. 10 - 15 5 1U4422 Probing action of the 3/827th Rifle Regiment SE from Dembitz 3/827 RR/302RD/28RC /60A/1UF Dec. 14 15 Czechoslovakia 1U4423 Operations in Carpathian Mountains Krakow - Uzhgorod area 1 UF, 4 UF Sept-Nov 1 1U4424 (English version) 1U4425 Combat for the Dukla pass Sanok - Krosno area 38 A/1UF Sep. 8 - Oct. 28 9 1U4426 Carpathian-Dukla operation of the 38th Army and artillery movements thereof Jaslo - Sanok area 38 A/1UF Sept 8- Oct. 29 12 1U4427 Carpathian-Dukla operation Jaslo - Sanok area 38 A/1UF Sept 27-Nov. 8 10 *1 - Before 1944 it was called Chernovitsy *2 - In Polish - Stanislawów, in German - Stanislau (now Ivano-Frankovsk); *3 - In Polish - Kolomyja, in German - Kolomea *4 - In Polish - Lwow, in German - Lemberg   4th Ukrainian Front # Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source Czechoslovakia 4U4401 A decision of the 1st Gds. Army's commander on the offensive Sanok area 4UF Sept. 6 2 4U4402 (English version) 4U4403 Operations of the 1st Gds. Army Sanok area 4UF Sept 9-30 2 4U4404 (English version) 4U4405 Figths of the 871st Rifle Regiment on approaches to Smolník village in the course of East-Carpathian operation Smolník village Košice Region 276 RD/30RC/ 1GA/4UF Sept.28 15 4U4406 Fights of the 1/871st Rifle Regiment Smolník village Košice Region 276 RD/30RC/ 1GA/4UF Sept.28 16 4U4407 Crossing the main mountain ridge by the troops of the 1st Gds. Army Gabure-Uzhok area 4UF Sept 30 - Oct 18 2 4U4408 (English version) 4U4409 Fights of the 167th Rifle Division for the Ruske pass (Ruské sedlo) Cirocha river area 107 RC/1 GA/4UF ~Oct. 5 11 4U4410 Evolution of the offensive of the 1st Gds Army along the Hungarian plain and reaching Ondava river line W from Uzhgorod 4 UF Nov. 23-30 2 4U4411 (English version) 4U4412 Operation of the 2nd Battalion/1337 Mountain Rifle Regiment in Snina area Snina (Szinna) area 2/1337MnRR/318MnRD/ 3MnRC/1GA/4UF Nov.25 15 Previous operations of the 4th Ukrainian Front look here

Abbreviations

A- Army

GA - Guards Army

GRC - Guards Rifle Corps

GRD - Guards Rifle Division

GRR - Guards Rifle Regiment

MnRC - Mountain Rifle Corps

MnRD - Mountain Rifle Division

MnRR - Mountain Rifle Regiment

RC -Rifle Corps

RD - Rifle Division

UF - Ukrainian Front

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