Formation · front
Don Front → Central Front → 1st Belorussian Front
Existed: 30 Sept 1942 – 10 Jun 1945
Same headquarters under successive names (Don, Central, Belorussian, 1st Belorussian).
Commanders
- Konstantin Rokossovsky 30 Sept 1942 – 16 Nov 1944
- Georgy Zhukov 16 Nov 1944 – 10 Jun 1945
Positions (approximate)
- 18 November 1942Don Front north of Stalingrad
- 25 March 1943Central Front — northern face of the Kursk salient
- 1 January 1944Belorussian Front on the Dnieper/Pripyat
- 15 May 19441st Belorussian Front before Bagration
- 31 August 1944Vistula; Magnuszew bridgehead; outskirts of Warsaw
- 12 January 1945Vistula–Oder offensive from 14 Jan
- 15 February 1945Oder bridgeheads at Küstrin
- 16 April 1945Berlin operation: Seelow Heights
Positions are approximate sector centres on front-snapshot dates — not daily positions or headquarters. Between dates the map shows the last known position.
Sources
- [1]1st Belorussian Front
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