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1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (1944-1945)
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| From-To: |
10.04.1944 - 15.05.1945 [1] |
| Subordinate to: |
07/44 - 4th Ukrainian Front, Soviet 1st Guards Army
04.09.44 - 1st Ukrainian Front [2], Soviet 38th Army [3]
29.11.44 - 4th Ukrainian Front [4], Soviet 38th Army
01.01.45 - 4th Ukrainian Front, Soviet 1st Guards Army [5]
19.01.45 - 4th Ukrainian Front, Soviet 18th Army [6]
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| Commander: |
Brigadier General Jan Kratochvíl [7]
11.09.1944 - Brigadier General Ludvík Svoboda [8]
03.04.1945 - Brigadier General Karel Klapálek
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| Number: |
16,171 personnel [9]
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| National composition: |
Czechs (53%), Slovaks (19%), Rusyns (22%), Jews (3,5%), others (2,5%) |
| Units: |
the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps consisted of independent infantry, tank, artillery, air and special-purpose units. All were operationally subordinate to the Czechoslovak Army Corps. Some were occasionally transferred to other areas of operations where they became directly subordinate to Soviet headquarters.
Infantry units:
1st Czechoslovak Independent Brigade
2nd Czechoslovak Independent Parachute Brigade
3rd Czechoslovak Independent Brigade
4th Czechoslovak Independent Brigade
Tank units:
1st Czechoslovak Independent Tank Brigade
Artillery units:
5th Czechoslovak Artillery Regiment
Air units:
1st Czechoslovak Independent Fighter Air Regiment 
1st Czechoslovak Composite Air Division
Special units:
1st Czechoslovak Independent Engineer Battalion
1st Czechoslovak Independent Communications Battalion
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| Main combat operations: |
units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps took part in Slovak National Uprising, liberation of southern Poland and Czechoslovak territory (Slovakia, Silesia and Moravia)
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Structure of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps
09/1944
[1] -
The 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps was redesignated the 1st Czechoslovak Army.
[2] - Commander – Marshal I.S. Konev.
[3] - Commander – Colonel General K.S. Moskalenko.
[4] - Commander – Army General I.E. Petrov.
[5] - Commander – Colonel General A.A. Grechko.
[6] - Commander – General A. I. Gastilovich.
[7] - The Soviets had attributed the high Czechoslovak losses in the first days of the Carpatho-Dukla operation to Brigadier General Kratochvíl’s perceived poor performance. They named Brigadier General Svoboda the new corps commander even though such assignments were the sole prerogative of the Czechoslovak President.
[8] - General Klapálek (formerly commander of the 3rd Cs. Independent Brigade) relieved Brigadier General Svoboda, who became the Minister of National Defense.
[9] - As of 09/1944. This number included the reserve regiment and rear echelon units. Beginning in 08.09.1944, about 13,000 personnel were combat personnel.
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