Order of Battle
The order of battle for the Fourth Guards Army on May 1, 1945 was:
Fourth Guards Army
- 20th Guards Rifle Corps
- 5th Guards Airborne Division
- 7th Guards Airborne Division
- 80th Guards Rifle Division
- 21st Guards Rifle Corps
- 41st Guards Rifle Division
- 62nd Guards Rifle Division
- 66th Guards Rifle Division
- 69th Guards Rifle Division
- 31st Guards Rifle Corps
- 4th Guards Rifle Division
- 34th Guards Rifle Division
- 40th Guards Rifle Division
- 123rd Gun-Artillery Brigade
- 438th Antitank Regiment
- 466th Mortar Regiment
- 257th Anti-aircraft Regiment
- 56th Engineer-Sapper Brigade
After the war for a period the 4th Guards Army joined the Central Group of Forces in Austria until its withdrawal.
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