1st Belorussian Front

1st Belorussian Front
1st Belorussian Front
	Standard of the 1st Belorussian Front
Active	1943–1945
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Army group
Role	Co-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany
Size	Several Armies
Engagements	World War II Eastern Front Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive; Kalinkovichi-Mozyr Offensive; Rogachev-Zhlobin Offensive; Bobruysk Offensive; Warsaw–Poznań Operation; Vistula–Oder Offensive; Battle of the Seelow Heights; Battle of Berlin; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovsky (October 1943 – November 1944); Marshal Georgy K. Zhukov (November 1944 – June 1945)

The 1st Belorussian Front (Russian: Пéрвый Белорусский фронт, Pervyy Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian") was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group. The 1st Belorussian Front along with the 1st Ukrainian Front were the largest and most powerful among all Soviet fronts, as their main effort was to advance on the Nazi German capital Berlin.

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