70th Army ( Soviet Union ) The 70th Army ( Soviet Union ) was a Soviet field army during World War II . They were active at the Battle of Kursk , the Lublin – Brest Offensive , and the Battle of Berlin , among other actions . Formation . The 70th Army was formed in October 1942 near Sverdlovsk in Siberia as a separate NKVD Army of the STAVKA Reserve . It was transferred to the Red Army and received the designation " 70 . " On 15 February 1943 , the Army was transferred to the Central Front . As of 1 March 1943 , its order of battle consisted of the 102nd Rifle Division , 106th Rifle Division , 140th Rifle Division , 162nd Rifle Division , 175th Rifle Division , 181st Rifle Division , 27th Separate Tank Regiment , and 378th Anti - Tank Regiment . Battle of Kursk . From 28 February 1943 , the 70th Army took part in both defensive and offensive operations on the Sievsk axis , during which the northern face of Kursk salient was created . During the Battle of Kursk ( 5 – 23 July 1943 ) , the 70th Army , together with units of the 2nd Tank Army , 13th Army , and 19th Tank Corps , stopped the German 9th Army that was trying to break through to Kursk from the north . During the subsequent Red Army counterattack , the 70th Army took part in Operation Kutuzov ( 12 July – 18 August ) and attacked Trosna to the south of the town of Kromy . On 5 August , its units reached the region southwest of Kromy , and on 17 August , they reached the German " Hagen " defense line near Domakha . After the end of this operation , the field headquarters of the 70th Army was transferred to the Reserve of the Central Front and on 1 February to STAVKA Reserve , where it received new units . Lublin - Brest operation . During the second half of February 1944 , the 70th Army was transferred to the front at the Turya River north of Kovel . On 25 February , it was subordinated to the Belorussian Front and on 16 April it joined that formation . During the Lublin – Brest Offensive ( 18 July – 2 August ) , its units , along with units of the 61st Army and the 26th Army , surrounded Brest from the south - east and destroyed up to four German divisions to the west of Brest . Poland . After a short period assigned to the front reserves , on 10 August the 70th Army attacked a region to the north of Warsaw . By the end of August , it reached the Narew River near the town of Serock . On 29 October , the 70th Army was back again as reserves of the 1st Belorussian Front and on 19 November as reserves of the 2nd Belorussian Front ( 2nd Formation ) . Germany . During the East Prussian Offensive ( 13 January to 25 April ) , 70th Army attacked from the Serock bridgehead towards Modlin , Płock , and Toruń ( Thorn ) . During three days of fighting , its units broke through the German defenses . On 18 January , they captured Modlin and Modlin Fortress . On 25 January , elements of 70th Army reached the fortified city of Toruń . At the same time other units of 70th Army reached the Vistula River north - east of Bromberg ( Bydgoszcz ) and crossed the river against opposition . On 10 February , the 70th Army reduced the defenders in Thorn . 70th Army , together with other armies of the front and forces of Baltic Fleet , took part in the East Pomeranian Offensive ( 10 February – 4 April 1945 ) . The operation captured the city , port , and military naval base of Gdynia on 28 March and the naval base at Danzig ( Gdansk ) on 30 March . In the beginning of April 1945 , 70th Army was transferred to the front reserve and on 15 April it was send to the region of Wittstock , Naugard ( Nowogard ) , and Sztuchow . During the Battle of Berlin ( 16 April – 8 May ) , 70th Army was attached to the spearheads of 2nd Belorussian Front , attacking on the Neubrandenburg – Wismar axis . On 1 May , it captured the cities of Rostock and Teterow . On the evening of 3 May , its units reached the Baltic Sea coastline near Wismar and received orders to guard and defend the coastline near Stettin ( Szczecin ) . Post war . After the war , the headquarters of the Army was transferred to Chkalov ( Orenburg ) . In October 1945 , the field headquarters and its staff was used to create the headquarters of the South Urals Military District . Commanders . Members of the War Council of the Army Chiefs of Staff