14th Army (Soviet Union) |Size||three to six divisions| |Part
of||Northern Front, Karelian Front| |Engagements||Winter War,
Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation| |Valerian A. Frolov| The 14th Army
(Ist formation) was formed in October 1939 in the Leningrad
Military District. It participated in the Soviet-Finnish war,
during which its 52nd and 104th Rifle Divisions fought in the
Battle of Petsamo. From 24 June 1941 the Army included - 42nd
Rifle Corps (Ist Formation 22 June 1941, disbanded 14 October
1941; was used to reinforce the Kandalksha operational group) -
14th Rifle Division - 52nd Rifle Division - 1st Tank Division -
23rd Murmansk Fortified Region - 1st Mixed Air Division
(disbanded February 1942) - 258th Fighter Aviation Division was
formed from the Air Forces of the 14th Army in 1942 - a number
of artillery and other units The Army was initially subordinated
to the Northern Front and conducted defensive operations on the
Murmansk, Kandalaksha and Ukhtinsk directions against the
German-Finnish Operation Silver