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The 6th Guards Army was a Soviet Guards formation which fought against Germany during World War II under the command of General Ivan Mikhailovich Chistiakov.〔(www.generals.dk )〕 The Army's chief of staff was General Valentin Antonovich Penkovskii.〔(www.generals.dk )〕 The 6th Guards Army was formed on 16 April 1943 from the 21st Army and fought under command of the Voronezh, 1st Baltic, 2nd Baltic, and Leningrad Fronts from 1943 until the end of the war. In 1943, the army fought in the Battle of Kursk. Other notable battles and operations in which the 6th Guards Army participated include:〔(www.samsv.narod.ru )〕 * Operation Bagration * Polotsk Offensive * Šiauliai Offensive * Riga Offensive * Battle of Memel Following operations around Memel, the 6th Guards Army was one of the Soviet formations committed to besieging German Army Group ''Kurland'' in the Courland Peninsula. This was a lengthy operation that continued until the Germans in Courland surrendered on May 12, 1945. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「6th Guards Army」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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