5th Guards Army

5th Guards Army
Active	1943–1947
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Field army
Engagements	World War II Battle of Kursk Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation Battle of the Dnieper Uman–Botoșani Offensive Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive Berlin Offensive Prague Offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Aleksey Semenovich Zhadov Afanasy Beloborodov

The 5th Guards Army was a Soviet Guards formation which fought in many critical actions during World War II under the command of General Aleksey Semenovich Zhadov.^[1] The 5th Guards Army was formed in spring 1943 from the 66th Army in recognition of that army's actions during the Battle of Stalingrad. The 5th Guards Army fought in the Battle of Kursk, Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation, Battle of the Dnieper, Uman–Botoșani Offensive, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive, Vistula–Oder Offensive, Berlin Offensive, and the Prague Offensive. During the Berlin Offensive elements of the army linked up with American troops at Torgau on the Elbe. Postwar, the army was disbanded as part of the Central Group of Forces.