Soviet Fifth Army

The Fifth Army was created in August 1939 in the Special Kiev Military District . In September 1939 the Fifth Army took part in the Soviet operations in western Ukraine , which had been justified by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact . After the start of the Great Patriotic War , the Fifth Army fought as part of the South-West Front and took part in the defense operation of Kiev . In the disastrous battle, the German forces encircled and captured the city and took 665,000 prisoners. In September 1941 the staff of the Fifth Army was dissolved, and it and the troops were absorbed into other armies. However, the Fifth Army was newly set up in October of that year on the front near Moshaisk . As part of the Western Front and Third Belorussian Front , the Fifth Army took part in the Battle Of Moscow , the Operation of Rzhev - Vyazma , the Second Battle Of Smolensk , the Belorussian Operation of 1944 , and the attack on East Prussia of 1945 . After that the Fifth Army was allocated to the far east and, as part of the Far East Front , took part in the operation of Harbin - Jilin (the city formerly known as Kirin).

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