2nd Red Banner Army 2171144 210094268 2008-05-04T12:37:11Z Mrg3105 2654809 /* Sources */ {{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name=2nd Red Banner Army |image= |caption= |country=[[Soviet Union]] |type= |branch=[[Red Army]], [[Soviet Army]] |dates=July 1938 - 1945(?) |command_structure= [[Soviet Far East Front]] |size= |garrison= |nickname= |motto= |colors= |march= |battles=[[Operation August Storm]] |notable_commanders= }} The '''2nd Red Banner Army''' was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] field army of [[World War II]] that served in the Far East as part of the [[Soviet Far East Front]]. The 2nd Army was created in July [[1938]] on the far eastern frontiers of the [[Soviet Union]]. In September [[1940]], two months after its formation, the 2nd Army was transformed into the Second Independent Red Banner Army in the far east. In early 1940 (April?) General [[M.F. Teryokhin]] took command, who would command the Army throughout the war. In July [[1940]], the 2nd Army was once again allocated to the Far East, this time under the name of the 2nd Red Banner Army. Until the war's end in [[1945]], the 2nd Army covered some of the long far eastern borders of the [[Soviet Union]]. In August [[1945]], the [[Soviet Union]] declared war on [[Japan]], and the [[Soviet Far East Front]] attacked into [[Japan|Japanese]]-occupied [[Manchuria]] led by [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] [[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]]. The 2nd Red Banner Army took part in the victorious offensive, known as [[Operation August Storm]] along with other armies, including the [[1st Red Banner Army]]. The 2nd Army's attack was aimed at eastern [[Manchukuo]]. ===Composition July 22, 1941=== *Headquarters *[[3rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|3rd Rifle Division]] *12th Rifle Division *59th [[Tank Division]] *69th [[Mechanized Division]] *101st [[Fortified Region]] *42nd Corps Artillery Regiment *114th Howitzer Regiment *550th Heavy Howitzer Regiment *2nd Bridge Engineer Regiment *36th Heavy Bridge Engineer Regiment *2nd Armoured Train Battalion *5th Armoured Train Battalion ===Sources=== *Niehorster, http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/012_ussr/41_oob/far-east/army_02.html *[[David Glantz]], Stumbling Colossus, University Press of Kansas, 1998 *http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/2._Rote_Armee - German Wikipedia {{Armies of the Soviet Army}} [[Category:Field armies of the Soviet Union|002]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1938]] [[de:2. Rote Armee]]