43rd Army (Soviet Union)

The 43rd Army was a Red Army field army of World War II that served on the Eastern Front.

Order of Battle

The official Soviet archives list the composition of the Army on 10 August 1941:

38th Rifle Division

53rd Rifle Division

145th Rifle Division

149th Rifle Division

211th Rifle Division

217th Rifle Division

222nd Rifle Division

279th Rifle Division

303rd Rifle Division

104th Tank Division

109th Tank Division

Commanders

Lieutenant General I.G. Zakharkin (1 August 1941 - 08 August 1941)

Lieutenant General P. Kurochkin (8 August 1941 – 22 August 1941)

Lieutenant General D. Seleznev (22 August 1941 – 2 September 1941)

Lieutenant General I. Bogdanov (2 September 1941 – 5 September 1941)

Major General P. Sobennikov (5 September - 10 October 1941)

Lieutenant General S. Akimov (10 October 1941 – 29 October 1941)

Major General K. Golubev (29 October 1941 - 22 May 1944)

Lieutenant General P.A. Beloborodov (22 May 1944 - until the end of the war)

Sources

• Mikheenkov, Sergey. The road of death. 43rd Army in the battles on the Warsaw highway. Fight with the "Typhoon". 1941-1942. - M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 2013. - 408 p. - (The Forgotten Army. Forgotten army commanders). - 3000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-227-04133-3 OCLC 862347389