reported directly to the commander of the Northern Front. The initial intention was to create an army with seven divisions. Operational groups The Novgorod Army Operational Group was first established on 13 August 1939 by the order No. 0129 of the Chairman of the People's Commissariat for Defence, Marshal of the Soviet Union K.E. Voroshilov. The Group was created for operations in Estonia and Latvia. It became the 8th Army in October 1939 (or 14 September 1939) It had the task of providing security of the Northwestern borders of the USSR. Was reestablished on July 31, 1941, troops from the east and the management of the defense sector (from 23 July 1941) Luga Operational Group. It was part of the 'operational army' from 31 July 1941 to 6 August 1941 when it was redesignated as the 48th Army. Reformed as an operational group of the Volkhov Front under the command of Major General Korovnikov formed on August 16, 1941, bringing together units to the east of Novgorod, including remnants of the 28th Tank Division. Active 16 August 1941 to 15 May 1942. See :ru:Новгородская армейская оперативная группа. Luga Operational Group (:ru:Лужская оперативная группа) Neva Operational Group (:ru:Невская оперативная группа) other operational groups See also Air Army (Soviet Union) References Notes Citations Bibliography Kursk order of battle. John Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1975 Feskov et al., The Soviet Army during the Years of the Cold War 1945-91, Tomsk 2004 - revised version of 2004 work with many errors corrected. David Glantz, Colossus Reborn: The Red Army at War 1941-43, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 2005, David Glantz, When Titans Clashed, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 1995 Krivosheev, G. F., Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century, Greenhill Books, London, 1997 Aberjona Press, Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, Bedford, PA, 2005 (especially for army HQ raising/disbandment dates) http://samsv.narod.ru/Arm/arm.html - (Russian) Lists of Russian and Soviet military units and formations