Order of Battle, Invasion of Iran, 1941
Here is the Soviet OOB for the 25th of August 1941:
44th Army (Major General A.A. Khaldejev)
- 20th Mountain Rifle Division
- 77th Mountain Rifle Division
- 17th Cavalry Division
- 24th Tank Regiment
47th Army (Major General V.V. Novikov)
- 63rd Mountain Rifle Division
- 76th Mountain Rifle Division
- 236th Rifle Division
- 6th Tank Division
- 54th Tank Division
- 13th Motorcycle Regiment
53rd Army (invaded Iran from Turkmenistan, Turkestan Military District on the 27th of August)
- 58th Rifle Corps
- 83rd Mountain Rifle Division
- 4th Cavalry Corps
In November 1941 the 51st Army joined the front after being evacuated from the Crimea. The Transcaucasus Front was briefly renamed the Caucasus Front on December 30, 1941. The second version of this front was again created from the Transcaucasus Military District on May 15, 1942 and continued in existence until its reorganization as the Tbilisi Military District on August 25, 1945 after the end of the war. It was commanded by General Ivan V. Tyulenev, and included the 4th and 58th Armies at various periods.
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