 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Gẹgẹbi apakan ti Gusu, Ariwa-Caucasian, Transcaucasian Front, ati awọn 1st ati 4th Ukrainian Fronts awọn ọmọ-ogun 18th ṣe awọn iṣẹ idaabobo ni oke ọtun Ukraine, kopa ninu Donbass, awọn iṣẹ idaabobo ati ikọlu Rostov, ati ni ija fun Caucasus. Da lori iriri ti awọn Kerch - Eltigen ibalẹ isẹ, awọn Army ti wa ni uniquely mọ bi 18th Desant Army  fun amphibious isẹ, laarin 15 February ati 5 April 1944 ni ayika Malaya Zemlya : ó ṣe tán. 