# Odessa Offensive Soviet order of battle

The following Soviet units fought in the Odessa Offensive between 26 March and 30 April 1944.
For the offensive, the 3rd Ukrainian Front included 57 rifle and three cavalry divisions, a tank corps and a mechanized corps. According to a postwar history, these totaled 470,000 men, 12,678 guns and mortars, 435 tanks and self-propelled guns. The front was supported by the 17th Air Army with 436 combat aircraft. The 3rd Ukrainian Front's report on the operation, drawn up in August 1944, provides figures for the operational strength of the front on 28 March: 243,074 men, 42,512 submachine guns, 4,824 machine guns, and 344 tanks and self-propelled guns (only counting those in the 23rd Tank Corps and Cavalry-Mechanized Group), 2,112 mortars, 1,616 field guns, and 781 anti-aircraft guns.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

* LTG = Lieutenant general (General-leytenant)
* LTGAv = Lieutenant General of Aviation
* LTGTF = Lieutenant General of Tank Forces
* MG = Major general (General-mayor)
* MGAv = Major General of Aviation
* MGTF = Major General of Tank Forces
* COL = Colonel (Polkovnik)
* LTC = Lieutenant Colonel (Podpolkovnik)
* MAJ = Major (Mayor)

### Other

* k = Killed
* w = Wounded

## Command

The Soviet forces involved in the offensive were part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, commanded by Army General Rodion Malinovsky. Lieutenant General Fyodor Korzhenevich served as front chief of staff and Lieutenant General Aleksey Zheltov as front commissar.

## Ground forces
### 57th Army

Lieutenant General Nikolay Gagen
| Units | Component units |
| 9th Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Rosly (transferred from 28th Army) | 118th Rifle Division: COL Fyodor Dobrovolsky |
| 9th Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Rosly (transferred from 28th Army) | 230th Rifle Division: COL Iosif Kazakov |
| 9th Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Rosly (transferred from 28th Army) | 301st Rifle Division: COL Vladimir Antonov |
| 64th Rifle Corps: MG Mikhail Anashkin | 73rd Guards Rifle Division: MG Semyon Kozak |
| 64th Rifle Corps: MG Mikhail Anashkin | 19th Rifle Division: MG Pavel Lazarev |
| 64th Rifle Corps: MG Mikhail Anashkin | 52nd Rifle Division: COL Leonid Milyayev |
| 68th Rifle Corps: MG Nikolay Shkodunovich | 93rd Rifle Division: MG Apollon Kruze |
| 68th Rifle Corps: MG Nikolay Shkodunovich | 113th Rifle Division: COL Pyotr Dmitriyev |
| 68th Rifle Corps: MG Nikolay Shkodunovich | 223rd Rifle Division: COL Pyotr Tatarchevsky |
| Reserves and separate units | 96th Separate Tank Brigade: COL Valentin Kulibabenko |
| Reserves and separate units | 93rd Separate Antitank Rifle Battalion |

### 37th Army

Lieutenant General Mikhail Sharokhin
| Units | Component units |
| 6th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Grigory Kotov | 20th Guards Rifle Division: MG Nikolay Dreyer |
| 6th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Grigory Kotov | 195th Rifle Division: COL Ivan Kholodov |
| 57th Rifle Corps: MG Fyodor Ostashenko | 58th Guards Rifle Division: COL Vladimir Rusakov, succeeded by COL Vasily Katsurin 15 April |
| 57th Rifle Corps: MG Fyodor Ostashenko | 92nd Guards Rifle Division: COL Mitrofan Matveyev |
| 57th Rifle Corps: MG Fyodor Ostashenko | 228th Rifle Division: COL Pavel Kulikov, succeeded by COL Ivan Yesin 28 March |
| 82nd Rifle Corps: MG Pavel Kuznetsov | 10th Guards Airborne Division: MG Mikhail Mikeladze, succeeded by COL Andrey Petrushin 9 April |
| 82nd Rifle Corps: MG Pavel Kuznetsov | 28th Guards Rifle Division: MG Georgy Chumayev |
| 82nd Rifle Corps: MG Pavel Kuznetsov | 188th Rifle Division: COL Vasily Danilenko |
| Reserves and separate units | 15th Guards Rifle Division: MG Pyotr Chirkov |
| Reserves and separate units | 22nd Separate Armored Train Battalion |

### 46th Army

Lieutenant General Vasily Glagolev
The 31st Guards Rifle Corps was in the army's second echelon at the beginning of the offensive, engaging in battle from 6 April to 24 April.
| Units | Component units | Strength | Losses |
| 31st Guards Rifle Corps: MG Arkhip Ruchkin | 4th Guards Rifle Division: COL Kuzma Parfyonov | 2,921 officers and men, 859 horses (6 April) | |
| 31st Guards Rifle Corps: MG Arkhip Ruchkin | 34th Guards Rifle Division: MG Filipp Braylyan | 3,949 officers and men, 830 horses (6 April) | 12 killed, 37 wounded (with 34th RC) |
| 31st Guards Rifle Corps: MG Arkhip Ruchkin | 40th Guards Rifle Division: MG Grigory Panchenko | 3,009 officers and men, 683 horses (6 April) | |
| 32nd Rifle Corps: MG Dmitry Zherebin | 60th Guards Rifle Division: MG Vasily Sokolov | | |
| 32nd Rifle Corps: MG Dmitry Zherebin | 259th Rifle Division: MG Aleksey Vlasenko | | |
| 32nd Rifle Corps: MG Dmitry Zherebin | 266th Rifle Division: COL Savva Fomichenko | | |
| 34th Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Kosobutsky | 236th Rifle Division: MG Ivan Fesin | | 202 killed, 1,204 wounded (to 15 April) |
| 34th Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Kosobutsky | 394th Rifle Division: MG Aleksandr Lisitsyn | | 338 killed, 1,371 wounded (to 15 April) |
| Reserves and separate units | 353rd Rifle Division: MG Fyodor Kolchuk | | 81 killed, 209 wounded (with 34th RC) |

### 8th Guards Army

Colonel General Vasily Chuikov
| Units | Component units |
| 4th Guards Rifle Corps: LTG Vasily Glazunov | 35th Guards Rifle Division: MG Ivan Kulagin |
| 4th Guards Rifle Corps: LTG Vasily Glazunov | 47th Guards Rifle Division: MG Sergey Bobruk, COL Vasily Shugayev from 26 March |
| 4th Guards Rifle Corps: LTG Vasily Glazunov | 57th Guards Rifle Division: MG Afanasy Shemenkov |
| 28th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Stepan Morozov | 39th Guards Rifle Division: LTC Viktor Shtrigol |
| 28th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Stepan Morozov | 79th Guards Rifle Division: MG Leonid Vagin |
| 28th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Stepan Morozov | 88th Guards Rifle Division: MG Boris Pankov, COL Yefim Marchenko from 6 April |
| 29th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Kravtsov, LTG Sergey Bobruk from 28 March, LTG Yakov Fokanov from 13 April | 27th Guards Rifle Division: MG Gleb Baklanov |
| 29th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Kravtsov, LTG Sergey Bobruk from 28 March, LTG Yakov Fokanov from 13 April | 74th Guards Rifle Division: COL Dmitry Bakanov |
| 29th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Kravtsov, LTG Sergey Bobruk from 28 March, LTG Yakov Fokanov from 13 April | 82nd Guards Rifle Division: MG Ivan Makarenko, LTC Matvey Karnaukhov from 2 April |
| Reserves and separate units | 152nd Rifle Division: COL Andrian Kuzin |
| Reserves and separate units | 5th Guards Separate Tank Regiment |

### 6th Army

Lieutenant General Ivan Shlyomin
| Units | Component units |
| 34th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Nikolay Makovchuk | 59th Guards Rifle Division: MG Georgy Karamyshev |
| 34th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Nikolay Makovchuk | 61st Guards Rifle Division: MG Leonid Lozanovich |
| 34th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Nikolay Makovchuk | 243rd Rifle Division: COL Makariy Togolev |
| 66th Rifle Corps: MG Dmitry Kupryanov | 203rd Rifle Division: MG Gavriil Zdanovich |
| 66th Rifle Corps: MG Dmitry Kupryanov | 244th Rifle Division: MG Georgy Afanasyev |
| 66th Rifle Corps: MG Dmitry Kupryanov | 333rd Rifle Division: MG Anisim Golosko |

### 5th Shock Army

Colonel General Vyacheslav Tsvetayev
| Units | Component units | Strength |
| 10th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Rubanyuk | 86th Guards Rifle Division: COL Vasily Pavlovich Sokolovsky | 3,998 personnel (1 April), 3,735 personnel (10 April) |
| 10th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Rubanyuk | 109th Guards Rifle Division: COL Ilya Baldynov | 3,076 personnel (1 April), 2,899 personnel (10 April) |
| 10th Guards Rifle Corps: MG Ivan Rubanyuk | 320th Rifle Division: MG Ilya Shvygin | 3,537 personnel (1 April), 3,382 personnel (10 April) |
| 37th Rifle Corps: MG Sergey Gorokhov | 49th Guards Rifle Division: COL Vasily Margelov | 3,961 personnel (1 April), 3,779 personnel (10 April) |
| 37th Rifle Corps: MG Sergey Gorokhov | 108th Guards Rifle Division: COL Sergey Dunayev | 3,047 personnel (27 March), 2,994 personnel (1 April), 2,932 personnel (10 April) |
| 37th Rifle Corps: MG Sergey Gorokhov | 248th Rifle Division: COL Nikolay Galay | 3,382 personnel (27 March), 3,304 personnel (1 April), 3,185 personnel (10 April) |
| 37th Rifle Corps: MG Sergey Gorokhov | 416th Rifle Division: MG Dmitry Syzranov | 3,604 personnel (27 March), 3,462 personnel (1 April), 3,828 personnel (10 April) |
| Reserves and separate units | 295th Rifle Division: COL Aleksandr Dorofeyev | 4,474 personnel (1 April), 4,202 personnel (10 April) |
| Reserves and separate units | 1st Guards Fortified Region: COL Sergey Nikitin | 2,396 personnel (1 April), 2,408 personnel (10 April) |

### Cavalry-Mechanized Group

Lieutenant General Issa Pliyev
| Units | Component units | Strength | Losses |
| 4th Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Trofim Tanaschishin (killed 31 March 1944), MGTF Vladimir Zhdanov | 13th Guards Mechanized Brigade: LTC Pyotr Arshinov, COL Yakov Trotsenko from 17 April | | |
| 4th Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Trofim Tanaschishin (killed 31 March 1944), MGTF Vladimir Zhdanov | 14th Guards Mechanized Brigade: COL Nikodim Nikitin | | |
| 4th Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Trofim Tanaschishin (killed 31 March 1944), MGTF Vladimir Zhdanov | 15th Guards Mechanized Brigade: LTC Mikhail Andrianov | | |
| 4th Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Trofim Tanaschishin (killed 31 March 1944), MGTF Vladimir Zhdanov | 36th Guards Tank Brigade: COL Pyotr Zhukov | | |
| 4th Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Trofim Tanaschishin (killed 31 March 1944), MGTF Vladimir Zhdanov | 37th Guards Tank Regiment (organic to 15th Guards Mechanized Brigade) | | |
| 4th Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Trofim Tanaschishin (killed 31 March 1944), MGTF Vladimir Zhdanov | 38th Guards Tank Regiment (organic to 13th Guards Mechanized Brigade) | | |
| 4th Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Trofim Tanaschishin (killed 31 March 1944), MGTF Vladimir Zhdanov | 39th Guards Tank Regiment (organic to 15th Guards Mechanized Brigade) | | |
| 4th Guards Cavalry Corps: LTG Issa Pliyev | 9th Guards Cavalry Division: MG Ivan Tutarinov | | Personnel: 135 killed, 367 wounded Horses: 980 killed, 6 wounded |
| 4th Guards Cavalry Corps: LTG Issa Pliyev | 10th Guards Cavalry Division: COL Nikolay Gadalin, COL Sergey Shevchuk from 6 April (captured 11 April), COL Mikhail Poprikaylo from 12 April | | Personnel: 203 killed, 562 wounded Horses: 1,856 killed, 60 wounded |
| 4th Guards Cavalry Corps: LTG Issa Pliyev | 30th Cavalry Division: MG Vasily Golovskoy | | Personnel: 227 killed, 499 wounded Horses: 1,512 killed, 174 wounded |
| 4th Guards Cavalry Corps: LTG Issa Pliyev | 128th Separate Tank Regiment (attached to the 10th Guards Cavalry Division): LTC Mikhail Sazonov | 11 х М4А2 Sherman, 10 x Valentine Mk III (30 March) | |
| 4th Guards Cavalry Corps: LTG Issa Pliyev | 134th Separate Tank Regiment (attached to the 30th Cavalry Division): COL Nikolay Ognev | 9 x M4A2 Sherman, 9 x Valentine Mk III (30 March) | |
| 4th Guards Cavalry Corps: LTG Issa Pliyev | 151st Separate Tank Regiment (attached to 9th Guards Cavalry Division): MAJ Nikolay Savin (killed 10 April), MAJ Pavel Bakin | 9 x M4A2 Sherman, 10 x Valentine Mk III, (30 March) | Equipment: 3 x M4A2, 2 x Mk III knocked out Personnel: 5 killed, 4 wounded |

### Front reserves
#### Corps

| Units | Component units | Strength | Losses |
| 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Karp Sviridov | 4th Guards Mechanized Brigade: COL Mikhail Lyashchenko | | |
| 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Karp Sviridov | 5th Guards Mechanized Brigade: COL Fyodor Safronov | | |
| 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Karp Sviridov | 6th Guards Mechanized Brigade: COL Aleksandr Roslov | | |
| 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Karp Sviridov | 37th Guards Tank Brigade: LTC Ivan Kharin | | |
| 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Karp Sviridov | 23rd Guards Tank Regiment | | |
| 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Karp Sviridov | 24th Guards Tank Regiment | | |
| 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps: LTGTF Karp Sviridov | 25th Guards Tank Regiment | | |
| 23rd Tank Corps: MGTF Aleksey Akhmanov | 3rd Tank Brigade: COL Ivan Devyatko | | |
| 23rd Tank Corps: MGTF Aleksey Akhmanov | 39th Tank Brigade: COL Aleksey Lyskin | | |
| 23rd Tank Corps: MGTF Aleksey Akhmanov | 135th Tank Brigade: COL Mikhail Beznoshchenko | 30 T-34 tanks (29 March) | |
| 23rd Tank Corps: MGTF Aleksey Akhmanov | 56th Motor Rifle Brigade: LTC Filipp Shtanko | 1,349 men, including 700 active bayonets (29 March) | 139 killed, 576 wounded, 36 sick, 6 missing |

#### Smaller units

* Unit
* 10th Separate Automatic Weapons Battalion
* 5th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade: LTC Nikolay Zavyalov
* 28th Guards Separate Tank Regiment
* 35th Separate Tank Regiment
* 43rd Separate Tank Regiment
* 52nd Separate Tank Regiment
* 398th Guards Heavy Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
* 864th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
* 1200th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
* 1201st Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
* 1202nd Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
* 1891st Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
* 3rd Guards Motorcycle Regiment
* 53rd Motorcycle Regiment
* 67th Motorcycle Battalion
* 26th Separate Armored Train Battalion
* 28th Separate Armored Train Battalion

## Air forces
### 17th Air Army

Colonel General of Aviation Vladimir Sudets
| Units | Component units |
| 1st Mixed Aviation Corps: MGAv Vladimir Shevchenko | 5th Guards Assault Aviation Division: COL Leonid Kolomeytsev |
| 1st Mixed Aviation Corps: MGAv Vladimir Shevchenko | 288th Fighter Aviation Division: COL Boris Smirnov |
| 9th Mixed Aviation Corps: LTGAv Oleg Tolstikov | 305th Assault Aviation Division: COL Nikolay Mikhevichev |
| 9th Mixed Aviation Corps: LTGAv Oleg Tolstikov | 306th Assault Aviation Division: COL Aleksandr Ivanov |
| 9th Mixed Aviation Corps: LTGAv Oleg Tolstikov | 295th Fighter Aviation Division: COL Anatoly Silverstov |
| Separate units | 244th Bomber Aviation Division: LTC Pavel Nedosekin |
| Separate units | 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division: COL Gennady Belitsky |
| Separate units | 371st Night Bomber Aviation Regiment |
| Separate units | 39th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment |
| Separate units | 96th Corrective-Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment |
| Separate units | 282nd Separate Signal Aviation Regiment |
| Separate units | 3rd Medical Aviation Regiment |
| Separate units | 14th Aviation Regiment, Civil Air Fleet |