Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive
Soviet
The Soviet troops totaled 705,000 men, 8,048 guns and mortars, 390 tanks, and 1,200 combat aircraft, as well as 140 Polikarpov U-2 and Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance aircraft.

Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive

Section Title: Soviet
Table Section Text: The Soviet troops totaled 705,000 men, 8,048 guns and mortars, 390 tanks, and 1,200 combat aircraft, as well as 140 Polikarpov U-2 and Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance aircraft.

Order of battle: 3rd Ukrainian Front (General armii Rodion Malinovsky) on 1 February

Army	Army Commander	Corps	Divisions

6th	General-leytenant Ivan Shlemin	66th Rifle	203rd and 333rd Rifle

None	60th Guards and 244th Rifle

8th Guards	General-polkovnik Vasily Chuikov	4th Guards Rifle	35th, 47th, and 57th Guards Rifle

28th Guards Rifle	39th, 79th, and 88th Guards Rifle

29th Guards Rifle	27th, 74th, and 82nd Guards Rifle

None	11th Tank Brigade

37th	General-leytenant Mikhail Sharokhin	57th Rifle	48th and 58th Guards, and 228th Rifle

82nd Rifle	15th and 28th Guards, and 188th Rifle

None	92nd Guards Rifle, 10th Guards Airborne, and 35th Anti-Aircraft Artillery

46th	General-leytenant Vasily Glagolev	6th Guards Rifle	20th Guards, 236th, and 353rd Rifle

31st Guards Rifle	4th, 34th, and 40th Guards Rifle

34th Rifle	195th and 394th Rifle

None	152nd Rifle

17th Air	General-leytenant Vladimir Sudets	1st Mixed Aviation	5th Guards Assault and 288th Fighter Aviation

9th Mixed Aviation	305th and 306th Assault, and 295th Fighter Aviation

None	244th Bomber and 262nd Night Bomber Aviation

Front units	9th Breakthrough Artillery, 3rd, 4th, and 22nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery

4th Guards Mechanized	13th, 14th, and 15th Guards Mechanized, and 36th Guards Tank Brigades

Sentence(s)

The Soviet 6th Army attacked with its 60th Guards and 244th Rifle Divisions.

final_sentence: The Soviet 6th Army attacked with its 60th Guards and 244th Rifle Divisions.