The 2nd Red Banner Army was a Soviet field army formed in 1938 in the Soviet Far East to guard the border with Manchuria. Led by Ivan Konev, it underwent several reorganizations during World War II while sending forces to the Eastern Front and remaining responsible for border security. In August 1945, the army took part in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, capturing Japanese fortifications and advancing into the region to Qiqihar.
The 2nd Red Banner Army was a Soviet field army formed in 1938 in the Soviet Far East to guard the border with Manchuria. Led by Ivan Konev, it underwent several reorganizations during World War II while sending forces to the Eastern Front and remaining responsible for border security. In August 1945, the army took part in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, capturing Japanese fortifications and advancing into the region to Qiqihar.
The 2nd Red Banner Army was a Soviet field army formed in 1938 in the Soviet Far East to guard the border with Manchuria. Led by Ivan Konev, it underwent several reorganizations during World War II while sending forces to the Eastern Front and remaining responsible for border security. In August 1945, the army took part in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, capturing Japanese fortifications and advancing into the region to Qiqihar.
The 2nd Red Banner Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that was formed
at Khabarovsk in the Soviet Far East in July 1938. It spent most of the war guarding the border in the Blagoveshchensk area, sending formations to the Eastern Front while undergoing several reorganizations. At the time of its creation, the unit was part of the army group known as the Far Eastern Front. The unit was designated as the 2nd Army and was led by corps commander Ivan Konev (pictured). It became the 2nd Independent Red Banner Army in September 1938 when the front was dissolved and its troops were split into two independent armies, and was redesignated in June 1940 as the 2nd Red Banner Army. In August 1945, the army fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, capturing the Japanese fortified regions of Aihun and Sunwu adjacent to its sector of the border, and advancing into Manchuria to Qiqihar