Title: Name: | 8. guards mechanized corps | 8th Guards Mechanised Corps |
Original title: Original Name: | 8-й гвардейский механизированный корпус | |
Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 23.10.1943 | |
Predecessor: Predecessor: | 3. mechanized corps | 3rd Mechanised Corps |
Date of termination: Disbanded: | 10.06.1945 | |
Successor: Successor: | 8. guards mechanized division | 8th Guards Mechanised Division |
Parent headquarters: Higher Command: | 23.10.1943-25.04.1944 1. tank army 25.04.1944-10.06.1945 1. guards tank army | 23.10.1943-25.04.1944 1st Tank Army 25.04.1944-10.06.1945 1st Guards Tank Army |
Dislocation: Deployed: | 23.10.1943-10.06.1945 eastern european theater of war | |
Commander: Commander: | 23.10.1943-09.02.1944 Krivošejn, Semyon Mojsejevič (lieutenant-general of tank troops) 09.02.1944-DD.07.1945 Drjomov Ivan Fedorovich (major general of tank troops) | |
Chief of staff: Chief of Staff: | 23.10.1943-30.12.1943 Alexandrov, Vasily Georgiyevich (Polkovnik / Полковник) 30.12.1943-29.01.1944 Sidorovič, Georgy Stepanovich (Polkovnik / Полковник) 29.01.1944-10.06.1945 Vorončenko, Vladimir Parfenovič (Polkovnik / Полковник) | |
Subordinate units: Subordinated Units: | | |
Honorary title: Honorary Name: | 16.04.1944-11.06.1945 Guards přikarpaský mechanized corps 11.06.1945-DD.07.1945 Guards přikarpatsko-berlin mechanized corps | 16.04.1944-11.06.1945 Guards Carpahian Mechanised Corps 11.06.1945-DD.07.1945 Guards Carpahian-Berlin Mechanised Corps |
Honors: Decorations: | 19.02.1945 Order of the red banner 26.04.1945 Order of Suvorov, 2. class | |
Note: Note: | - | - |
Source: Sources: | Drogovoz Igor Grigorjevič: Tankovyj sword of the Party Rooms. Minsk, Charvest 2001. Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich - Golikov, Valery Ivanovich - the Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich: Krasnaya Armija in pobedach even poraženijach 1941-1945 gg. Tomsk, ITGU 2003. |