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Southeastern Front
Southeastern Front
Active	Aug. 5, 1942 - September 28, 1942
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Army Group Command
Size	Several Armies
Engagements	World War II; Case Blue
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Andrey Yeryomenko

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The Southeastern Front was a front of the Red Army during World War II.

It was formed on Aug. 5, 1942 out of parts of the Stalingrad Front, using the command elements from the First Tank Army and the disbanded Southern Front. The front's main aim was to prevent the German advance towards the Volga River and ward off the threat of a German encirclement of Stalingrad.

For this purpose it included :

Were later added to the forces of the front :

On Sept. 28 the Southeastern Front was disbanded; most of its forces became the new Stalingrad Front, whilst the former Stalingrad Front was renamed the Don Front.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel-General Andrey Yeryomenko;

Brigadekomissar V. M. Layok (Member of the Military Council - August 1942);
Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) Central Committee Secretary Nikita Khrushchev (Member of the Military Council, August–September 1942);
Major General G. F. Sakharov (Chief of Staff, August–September 1942).

References

^ David M. Glantz, Armageddon in Stalingrad, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2009, pp 272-73

[1] David M. Glantz, Armageddon in Stalingrad, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2009, pp 272-73

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-The '''Southeastern Front''' was a [[front (Soviet Army)|front]] of the [[Red Army]] during [[World War II]]. It was formed on Aug. 5, 1942 out of parts of the [[Stalingrad Front]], using the command elements from the [[1st Tank Army|First Tank Army]] and the disbanded [[Southern Front (Soviet Union)|Southern Front]]. The front's main aim was to prevent the German advance towards the [[Volga River]] and ward off the threat of a German encirclement of [[Stalingrad]]. For this purpose it included [[52nd Army (Soviet Union)|52nd]], [[57th Army (Soviet Union)|57th]] and [[64th Army (Soviet Union)|64th Armies]]. [[28th Army (Soviet Union)|28th]] and [[62nd Army (Soviet Union)|62nd]] Armies and [[8th Air Army]] were later added to the forces of the front.
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+}}The '''Southeastern Front''' was a [[front (Soviet Army)|front]] of the [[Red Army]] during [[World War II]].
+It was formed on Aug. 5, 1942 out of parts of the [[Stalingrad Front]], using the command elements from the [[1st Tank Army|First Tank Army]] and the disbanded [[Southern Front (Soviet Union)|Southern Front]]. The front's main aim was to prevent the German advance towards the [[Volga River]] and ward off the threat of a German encirclement of [[Stalingrad]].
+For this purpose it included :
+* [[52nd Army (Soviet Union)|52nd Army]] ([[Vsevolod Yakovlev]]),
+* [[57th Army (Soviet Union)|57th Army]] ([[Fyodor Tolbukhin]]),
+* [[64th Army (Soviet Union)|64th Army]]([[Vasily Chuikov]]) .
+Were later added to the forces of the front :
+* [[28th Army (Soviet Union)|28th Army]] ([[Vasyl Herasymenko]]),
+* [[62nd Army (Soviet Union)|62nd Army]] ([[Anton Lopatin]]),
+* [[8th Air Army]] ([[Timofey Khryukin]]).
 On Sept. 28 the Southeastern Front was disbanded; most of its forces became the new [[Stalingrad Front]], whilst the former Stalingrad Front was renamed the [[Don Front]].<ref>David M. Glantz, ''Armageddon in Stalingrad'', University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2009, pp 272-73</ref>
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 ==Commanders==
 * Colonel-General [[Andrey Yeryomenko]];
 * Brigadekomissar V. M. Layok (Member of the Military Council - August 1942);
 * [[Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union)]] Central Committee Secretary [[Nikita Khrushchev]] (Member of the Military Council, August–September 1942);